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Government Shutdown Leaves Burbank Airport Without Traffic Controllers Temporarily

Pilots coordinated with one another and a tower in San Diego after air traffic controllers left for the day.
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Government Shutdown Leaves Burbank Airport Without Traffic Controllers Temporarily
An Avelo Airlines flight takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank, Calif., on April 28, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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Flight operations returned to normal Oct. 7 at the Hollywood Burbank Airport, airport officials reported, after an air traffic controller shortage left the airport with an empty control tower the night before.
From 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. Oct. 6, air traffic controllers left the tower unmanned as a result of the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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