In Honolulu, medical situation in air traffic control room prompts airport flights to pause

October 05, 2023 at 12:47 PM EDT

Flights at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, were paused for 30 minutes following a medical situation that occurred in the air traffic control room.

Flights at Honolulu's main airport were briefly paused on Wednesday while medical personnel attended to an employee in the air traffic control room, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Normal operations have since resumed at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, the agency said in a statement.

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Flights were grounded from 12:25 p.m. to 1:09 p.m. said Shelly Kunishige, a spokesperson for the Hawaii Department of Transportation, which operates the airport.