Our transportation system remains a weak spot in the nation's infrastructure

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

That doesn't mean the rest of our infrastructure is safe by any stretch.

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Flights at Chicago's main airports grounded due to fire: FAA

September 26,2014

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(Reuters) - All flights into and out of Chicago's O'Hare and Midway international airports were grounded early on Friday due to a fire at an air traffic control facility, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Employees at the facility in Aurora, Illinois, were evacuated and a fire department was on the scene, the FAA said.

More than 300 flights into and out of the two airports had been canceled by 7:30 a.m. CT (1230 GMT) on Friday, according to the tracking website FlightAware.com.

Crews responding to the fire found a man with self-inflicted wounds in the basement of the facility, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The man was taken to a hospital, the newspaper said, citing an Aurora Police Department spokesman.

Police could not be immediately reached for comment.

(Reporting by Colleen Jenkins and Karen Brooks; Editing by Scott Malone and Susan Heavey)

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Lines at ticket counters at Midway International Airport were extremely crowded Friday morning, after all flights in and out were halted due to a fire at an FAA radar facility. (Credit: Twitter/@djtek)

ALL airport facilities are under the security umbrella of the TSA. A security breach allowed this attack on the radar facility. 1 person was all it took to take down the radar system if only temporarily, which in turn halted the entire air transportation system at Chicago Ohare one of the world's largest and busiest air terminals.