The FAA says it's going to examine how the agency responded to the fire at the Aurora facility last week. The agency announced yesterday that it will conduct a 30-day review of the plans in place to deal with an unexpected outage at a major air traffic facility and the security procedures involved. More security guards have been added in Aurora while repair work is being done. Security awareness in general has been raised at all of the air traffic facilities around the country.
Bond is being denied for the man accused of setting the fire at the FAA facility in Aurora. Brian Howard of Naperville appeared in federal court yesterday after being charged with felony destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. Howard allegedly set a fire in the basement of the air traffic control center which caused the cancellation of thousands of flights. If convicted, Howard could face up to 20-years in prison.
