Aviation authorities have issued a ground stop at Washington, D.C.-area airports after an unknown odor was detected at an air traffic control tower in Virginia,\u00a0the second time in two weeks\u00a0that a detected smell brought flight operations to a halt.<\/p>\n
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday, March 27 issued ground stops at Dulles International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Baltimore Washington International Airport, according to agency alerts.<\/p>\n
Flightradar24, a flight \u200btracking site, said inbound flights are holding \u200bor \u2060diverting. The airports have not had a departure since 6:40 p.m. EDT. The FAA said an update \u2060was expected \u200baround 8 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n
FlightAware said \u200b25% of flights at Baltimore and National were delayed and 11% \u200bat Dulles.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t immediately clear from the alert system where the odor was first reported.<\/p>\n
The ground stops comes\u00a0amid ongoing issues at the nation’s airports\u00a0where travelers have been snarled by long lines amid a partial government shutdown.<\/p>\n
On March 13, three Washington, D.C.-area airports eventually reopened after a shutdown prompted by an overheated circuit board that created a troublesome “strong odor,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced. The source of the strong odor was traced to a circuit board that overheated, and it was replaced, Duffy said.<\/p>\n
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