FAA Statement
The Federal Aviation Administration is bringing in an industrial cleaning company to sanitize the control room at the New York Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)in Westbury during the early morning hours of March 29. An employee tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, but has not been inside the facility since March 19.
The New York Air Route Traffic Control Center in Ronkonkoma will handle flights as part of a longstanding contingency plan to ensure continued operations. Each facility across the country has a similar plan that the FAA has updated and tested in recent years.
One of, and by no means the only, impact of the Covid-19 disease and its rampage through the U.S. is the effect it’s having on essential workforces, like health care professionals. Its impact also has been felt among the ranks of air traffic controllers, who often work in close proximity to one another. To its […]
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