Flights were diverted and others grounded throughout the Midwest after a temporary outage at a Minnesota air traffic control facility caused issues, the FAA said.
UPS Airlines says a fleet of planes grounded after a deadly crash is expected to miss the peak holiday season due to inspections and possible repairs.
As Congress appears to be close to a deal that would end the shutdown, there are still questions about how fast services and funding return to normal.
A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company's global aviation hub, killing at least nine people and injuring 11.
Buckle your seat belts. Nat Geo's "Top Guns: The Next Generation" is jetting onto screens Sept. 16, taking viewers into the cockpit of the U.S. Navy's elite aviation program.
Two people died when a helicopter crashed into a barge in the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, on Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.