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An artist's rendering shows the design of an "electric skate" vehicle that the Boring Company says could travel up to 150 mph and whisk passengers to and from Chicago's O'Hare Airport in minutes.

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Elon Musk's Boring Company Will Build High-Speed Train To Chicago's O'Hare Airport

1:45pm June 14, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The train tunnel company will build and operate an "express service to transport people to O'Hare Airport from downtown in 12 minutes," Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says.

Restaurant workers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport went on strike on Thursday. Employees of food service operator HMSHost have been working under an expired contact since August.

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Restaurant Workers Strike At Chicago's O'Hare Airport

6:32pm December 21, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Employees whose contract expired in August picketed on a busy holiday travel day. They demanded better wages and health care from food service operator HMSHost, which reported no disruption.

Travelers lined up Friday to reschedule flights at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport after the region's air traffic control was sabotaged. More flights are resuming Saturday, but hundreds were also canceled.

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More Chicago Flights Canceled; Suspect Was Told Of Hawaii Transfer

5:06pm September 27, 2014

by Bill Chappell

One day after Chicago's air traffic system was crippled, some flights resume and details emerge about the man suspected of setting a fire inside a federal radar center.

A screen shot provided by FlightAware shows airline traffic at 10:20 a.m. EDT Friday over the United States. A fire at a Chicago-area air traffic control facility grounded hundreds of flights.

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Fire Grounds Hundreds Of Flights At Chicago Airports

8:08pm September 26, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The fire in the basement of the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, Ill., caused numerous flight cancellations at O'Hare and Midway.