Midway Airport control tower shutdown continues into sixth day

The air traffic control tower at Chicago’s Midway Airport remained shuttered on Monday due to the coronavirus. It marks the sixth day of the shutdown for the tower after the Federal Administration Aviation abruptly shut it down on Tuesday, March 17, when employees in the tower tested positive for coronavirus. After the shutdown, the FAA shifted Midway control tower operations to two remote locations outside of Chicago — in Aurora and Elgin, Illinois — where the aviation administration has…