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From CBS News headquarters in New York, this is the CBS Evening News News.

Good evening. I'm John Dickerson. I'm Maurice Dubois. Day 38 of the government shutdown and the airlines started canceling thousands of flights on orders from the transportation department.

That is to ease the strain on the air traffic control system with the towers understaffed and controllers overworked and getting no pay. We learned today that since the shutdown

started October 1st, there have been a number of close calls. Senior

Transportation correspondent Chris Van Cleave is at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport,

one of the airports where flights are being reduced. Chris.

Yeah and right now as we speak one of the airports where flights are being reduced. Chris.

Yeah, and right now, as we speak, air traffic control, staffing issues are causing delays across the country.

From Newark and D.C., Chicago and Houston to here in Phoenix, at least 18 FAA facilities with staffing issues right now. That's despite these cuts to flights.

There have been at least three close calls at major airports during this government shutdown.

Last Friday, American Flight 4 to New York and an Italian airliner took off from LAX on parallel

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