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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.
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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