Headline: U.S. flight woes linger after Chicago air traffic center fire

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[Reuters] - The incident forced the evacuation of the Federal Aviation Administration control center in Aurora, Illinois, and severely snarled air traffic on Friday, when an estimated 2,100 flights were canceled at major airports across the country. The impact stretched into Saturday with another 748 flight cancellations nationwide, more than double the number of cancellations for the entire day before the fire, according to tracking website FlightAware. About 28 percent of the cancellations took place at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, near where the fire was started, FlightAware reported. O'Hare is the largest hub of United Airlines and a major hub for American Airlines.

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