The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that flights to Los Angeles, California, were halted due to staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown, according to multiple reports.

The agency’s announcement of a “temporary ground stop” reportedly came after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revealed, during an interview with Fox News, that “more controllers were calling in sick as money worries” continue to pile on during the shutdown, according to ABC News.

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Due to flights to Los Angeles being halted, airplanes “were held at their originating airports starting at 11:42 a.m. Eastern time,” with the FAA predicting that the halt would end aro

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