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Her flight was on time, but she said one part of her family got delayed for hours, including five kids.

Transportation officials say air travel headaches could get even worse as Thanksgiving approaches.

Joe Hernandez, NPR News, Philadelphia.

Late last week, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would begin cutting flight traffic up to 10 percent at 40 high-traffic airports in major markets like Atlanta, Dallas, and Denver.

On Sunday, airports across the country were bogged down by disruptions.

By mid-morning, there were already more than 1,200 flight cancellations and 10,000 delays, according to the website FlightAware.

The FAA is currently contending with a shortage of air traffic controllers who were already in short supply before the shutdown and now are not being paid.

The shutdown, which began on October 1st, is the longest in U.S.

history.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says flight disruptions across the country will only worsen the longer the shutdown goes on.

Joe Hernandez, NPR News.

The very least we could do is make sure that they have a proper headstone, especially for Memorial Day, that these men are recognized for it. Their sacrifices.

The very least we could do is make sure that they have a proper headstone, especially for Memorial Day, that these men are recognized for it. Their sacrifices.

An FAA official confirmed that the hotline between the Pentagon and the airport doesn't work, but that the FAA wasn't aware of that before the January collision. The official said the FAA was insisting it be brought back online before the military resumed flights out of the Pentagon, which were paused after another Black Hawk helicopter got too close to two commercial planes.

An FAA official confirmed that the hotline between the Pentagon and the airport doesn't work, but that the FAA wasn't aware of that before the January collision. The official said the FAA was insisting it be brought back online before the military resumed flights out of the Pentagon, which were paused after another Black Hawk helicopter got too close to two commercial planes.

The FAA says a direct access line was out due to the construction of a new tower at the Pentagon, but that the two facilities coordinate by phone. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.

The FAA says a direct access line was out due to the construction of a new tower at the Pentagon, but that the two facilities coordinate by phone. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.

Back in the day, I mean, the mullet were everywhere. And there weren't as many houses all over the waterway. Any Joe Schmo could go down to the water and throw a cast net and catch some mullet, fry them up right there on the beach, invite all their friends.

Back in the day, I mean, the mullet were everywhere. And there weren't as many houses all over the waterway. Any Joe Schmo could go down to the water and throw a cast net and catch some mullet, fry them up right there on the beach, invite all their friends.

The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander by the American company Firefly Aerospace touched down on the moon early Sunday morning. The mission is part of a NASA program to contract with private space companies to deliver scientific instruments and other payloads to the moon.