Air visitors controller shortages amid shutdown result in canceled flights, delays

Every week into the federal government shutdown, flight delays and cancellations are beginning to climb as sick calls involving air visitors controllers go away a lot of airport towers and management amenities with out sufficient employees to correctly deal with all flights.

The air visitors management tower overseeing airspace over Nashville International Airport was working at an especially restricted quantity of staffing on Tuesday, forcing some strategy visitors to be dealt with by the air visitors management middle in Memphis, Tennessee.

Flights out and in of Nashville had been working with a mean delay of greater than 2 hours on Tuesday night.