Air traffic halted after fire at Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center

[luchtzak]

Air traffic halted after fire at Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center.

https://www.aviation24.be/miscellaneous/fi ... evacuated/

Local fire officials directed the FAA to evacuate the Washington Center in Leesburg, VA at about 6:00 PM after fumes from construction work permeated the control room. The center handles high altitude flights over the area. The facility stopped accepting new flights and handed off airborne flights to other air traffic control facilities for safe landing. We are actively working to fully ventilate the facility. We will update the statement when we get new information.

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And that's how air traffic looked when it was re-routed during the fire!