Niraj Chokshi

The European airplane maker said a recent incident had shown that “intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls.”

More than 3,000 workers who make fighter jets and weapons in the St. Louis area have been on strike for over three months.

Thousands of flights across the United States have been canceled each day since Saturday.

There is hope the Thanksgiving holiday will be spared, but carriers will need some time to deal with the disruptions that the shutdown has caused for air travel.

Airlines brace for further chaos, even as eight Democratic senators broke ranks with their party to back a deal that could end the shutdown.

The transportation secretary said Sunday that air travel could be reduced to a trickle” as Thanksgiving neared.

El hecho de que los aviones vayan generalmente menos llenos a principios de noviembre ha contribuido a aliviar el impacto. Eso cambiará a medida que se acerque Acción de Gracias.

Niraj Chokshi, our reporter covering transportation, describes where and how flights are being cut in the government shutdown.

Hundreds of flights, a small overall percentage, were canceled on Friday following orders by the Trump administration as the government shutdown leaves air traffic controllers working without pay. Disruptions at major airports appeared limited.

Most of the affected flights were at the nation’s busiest airports, but the effects of the cuts are acutely felt in smaller cities.