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Jerry Fisayo-Bambi

US airports hit by major flight delays and cancellations as long government shutdown drags on

Travellers across US airports continued on Monday to experience major flight delays and cancellations due to an uptick in absences from air traffic controllers caused by the government shutdown.

Nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers in the US have been working without pay since October, when the government shutdown began, but not all of them are willing to continue doing so.

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