{"id":204078,"date":"2026-03-14T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/overheated-circuit-board-leads-to-ground-stop-at-d-c-area-airports-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:46:11","slug":"overheated-circuit-board-leads-to-ground-stop-at-d-c-area-airports-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/overheated-circuit-board-leads-to-ground-stop-at-d-c-area-airports-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Overheated circuit board leads to ground stop at D.C. area airports &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> news Alerts<br \/>There are no new alerts at this time<br \/>An overheated circuit board at a Washington, D.C., area radar facility grounded four airports Friday while the source of the chemical odor was investigated, officials said.<br \/>Ground stops were issued for the four area airports around 6:30 p.m., and were lifted by around 8 p.m., according to authorities. <br \/>Flights were halted at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport; Washington Dulles International Airport; Baltimore-Washington International Airport; and Richmond International Airport.<br \/>The odor, a &#8220;strong chemical smell,\u201d was affecting air traffic controllers at the Potomac TRACON, which stands for Terminal Radar Approach Control, the Federal Aviation Administration said.<br \/>&#8220;There is no danger to air traffic controllers,&#8221; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecDuffy\/status\/2032619927387914503\" target=\"_blank\">said on X <\/a>after the ground stops were lifted. &#8220;The source of the strong odor was traced to a circuit board that overheated, and it was replaced,&#8221; he said.<br \/>Airports warned there could be residual delays Friday evening even though the ground stops had been lifted.<br \/>&#8220;Airlines are once again resuming regular operations and preparing departures. Expect residual delays this evening,&#8221; Baltimore-Washington International Airport <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BWI_Airport\/status\/2032607513829392527\" target=\"_blank\">announced on X <\/a>at 8 p.m. <br \/>The Potomac TRACON building that experienced the trouble is in Northern Virginia, it said.<br \/>Jay Blackman is an NBC News producer covering such areas as transportation, space, medical and consumer issues.<br \/>Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.<br \/>&copy;&nbsp;2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPSjE1T3llOW5TRHRxdWRGZ1Z0aVdjdGFQNEhDTm1tbGxfY3NwQkIyZER6QWFwR0hUbWRlR256MVM5ckpQcGZYX04yb0RvTnpqQUw1dXlPMzJqaXdvb0ZQWEdkVk9zMnRoSGRsdWVrYjIzUDVhd3gtUno3NzhVSFNxV1p2WVdxQVFCTnNaZUhvZzExU3lxdnRZMk5aNmU?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeAn overheated circuit board at a Washington, D.C., area radar facility grounded four airports Friday while the source of the chemical odor was investigated, officials said.Ground stops were issued for the four area airports around 6:30 p.m., and were lifted by around 8 p.m., according to authorities. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":204079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-204078","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}