Air traffic chaos as suicidal worker burns facility

Hundreds of flights to and from Chicago’s O’Hare, one of the world’s busiest airports, continue to be disrupted following an attempted suicide by an employee who set fire to an air traffic facility.

The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing security practices and how it deals with unexpected incidents throughout its air traffic control facilities following last week’s incident, agency administrator Michael Huerta said.

The fire brought flights at the city’s two busy airports to a halt and disrupted air service right across the country. Authorities say it was set by a contract employee who also tried to commit suicide.