The FAA has fully restored air traffic operations at the Chicago En Route Center in Aurora, Illinois, the agency said on Monday. A full shift of air traffic controllers returned to Chicago Center Sunday night and resumed duties at their normal positions for the first time in more than two weeks. During the outage, which began on Sept. 26 when a fire was deliberately set at the facility, nearly 200 staffers traveled to other ATC facilities. All of those staffers were expected to return to their posts in Aurora on Monday. "I'm proud of the team effort," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. "The [Transportation] Department and the FAA are committed to learning from this event." The agency is conducting a 30-day review of contingency plans and security protocols for its major facilities.Foxx said the report will be made public.
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