Ground stops everywhere due to OCL... wonder what that is.

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Oooh boy, possible FAA center evacuation

https://mstdn.social/@Factal/116303663997994053

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Ground stops in effect at Washington, DC, area airports amid unconfirmed reports regional air traffic control center evacuated https://nasstatus.faa.gov/

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The OCL ground stops are all clustered around the DC/VA/MD area. There was a similar incident two weeks ago, probably in the same place as today's.

https://wset.com/news/nation-world/outage-bwi-dca-iad-airport-equipment-outage-ground-stop-delays-baltimore-washington-dulles-reagan-national-travel-flights-air-traffic-control-technical-faa-passengers
Faulty equipment and 'strong chemical smell' caused ground stops at BWI, DCA, IAD airports

A strong chemical smell at a federal aviation facility temporarily prompted ground stops at three major airports in the DC-area on Friday, the FAA said.

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