Planes land and take off at Harry Reid International Airport, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo)

Air traffic control staffing shortages have led to more flight delays at several US airports for a second consecutive day as the federal government shutdown stretched into its seventh day, as the union leaders for airport security screeners and air traffic controllers cautioned that the situation could get worse, AP reported.

Staffing shortages at air traffic control have delayed flights at numerous airports, including Houston, Nashville, Dallas, Chicago O’Hare and Newark as the flight tracking data showed more than 3,000 flights have already been delayed, Reuters reported. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been reducing the number of arriving flights per hour at Chicago O’Hare due to

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