Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center experiences two-hour outage affecting over 1,100 flights

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On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for approximately two hours, disrupting more than 1,100 flights across its 330,000 square mile airspace sector covering nine states. Two days prior, on August 4th, FAA protocol required Marine One pilots to contact Reagan National Airport during President Donald Trump's departure, but air traffic controllers did not receive the transmission and cleared a different aircraft for takeoff.