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By Pete Muntean, Aaron Cooper, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid

Washington (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is again reporting short staffing at air traffic control operations as the government shutdown continues in its eighth day.

On Wednesday evening, six major air traffic control facilities will be short-staffed, according to a publicly available FAA operations plan.

Shortages were reported at control towers near Washington, DC, and Denver, facilities that control planes arriving or departing at Newark and Orlando, along with parts of centers that control airspace based in New Mexico and California.

While acknowledging controllers may be “stressed out” by the economic realities of the shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said co

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