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Chicago O'Hare runway closed after noise complaints

WCBU | By Associated Press
Published August 21, 2015 at 2:31 PM CDT

A runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport that has been at the center of a fight over jet noise is closed.

Runway 14-Left/32-Right was stripped of its identification numbers on Thursday.

Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans said the closed runway and a second diagonal runway slated for closure are unsafe because they intersect others and reduce airport efficiency.

There are four diagonal runways at O'Hare, and Evans indicates it's likely a third will be closed.
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