U.S. national air traffic has been severely impacted by the federal government¡¯s ¡°stop-down¡± resulting in the absence of U.S. air traffic controls. Flight Tracking website data showed that as of the 27th, 14 o¡¯clock, U.S. Eastern Time, there were more than 3,000 flights delayed on the same day.

Since the U.S. federal government's "shutdown" on October 1, air traffic control, which is already short of manpower, has become even more stretched. October 28 is payday, but air traffic controllers will not be able to get paid, and absenteeism, airport chaos and flight delays are likely to intensify further. (General reporter Zhao Miao)