Holy mother forking shirtballs

I posted too soon. Obviously, I tempted the wrath of the whatever high atop the thing, and it noticed:

Here's the ironic part: the government shutdown has (almost) nothing to do with this delay. The plane is broken. And because of the capacity controls today, the airline can't simply swap in another 737-800.

Fortunately, I live in Chicago, so I'll just go home for a few hours. Updates as the situation develops.