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NEWS ABOUT: travel delays

travel delays stories: 5 news summaries
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FAA Glitch Causes Widespread Flight Delays


Aug 26, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A computer glitch in an FAA computer system caused flight delays around the country today, the Wall Street Journal reports. The situation appeared to be easing this evening as airports—Atlanta, Chicago, and Boston were hardest hit—got back on track. The snag hit one of two FAA facilities that... More »

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FAA • airline industry • airline delays • air traffic controllers • travel delays • computer glitch

 Luggage Glitch Snarls JFK 

American Airlines' computer system breaks down

Jul 30, 08 8:20 PM CDT
(AP) - A software glitch continues to cripple the baggage-handling system in an American Airlines terminal at JFK airport. The malfunction is giving headaches to passengers flying out of Terminal 8, one of the newer buildings at the airport. Thousands of customers had to leave their luggage behind and hope it would... More »

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JFK Airport • luggage • airport • air travel • travel delays

Record Snow Staggers Ohio

Columbus gets the brunt of it with 20 inches

Mar 9, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A determined winter storm buried Ohio and beyond in snow yesterday, dumping a record 20.4 inches on Columbus and about a foot each on Cincinnati and Cleveland. Authorities closed roads as blizzard-velocity wind whipped the fallen flakes into three-foot-high drifts and reduced visibility. "It's horrible out there,"... More »

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Ohio • winter storm • snow • snowstorm • travel delays • road closings

Storm Snarls NE Flights

Snow falls from Ohio to New England; icy roads kill 5 in Missouri

Feb 22, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - A nasty winter storm swept across the country today, forcing major flight delays at New York City airports, closing schools from Ohio to Connecticut, and causing road accidents in Missouri that left 5 dead, the AP reports. Heavy snowfall in the New York metro area grounded 900 flights and led... More »

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New York City • Boston • car accident • Ohio • JFK Airport • Connecticut • Philadelphia • Missouri • air travel • Logan Airport • LaGuardia Airport • Newark airport • travel delays • winter storms • Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport

Wild Boars Run Amok in France

One scatters shoppers, while another ties up trains

Dec 24, 07 11:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Shoppers weren't the only thing going hog-wild over the weekend, reports the Independent. One wild boar rampaged amid last-minute gift-buyers in a clothing store in France, while another stepped in front of a high-speed train, delaying trains for hours.  More »

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train • animal behavior • holiday shopping • Poitiers, France • travel delays • animal • boar

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