‘I may lose my mind’: Frustrated travellers stuck in ground stop of US flights

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US flight ground stop strands travellers as a rare grounding causes major airport delays and confusion across the country. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The ground stop comes less than two weeks before the Thanksgiving holiday.

NEW YORK – Confusion reigned at airports across the United States on Nov 13, as a rare ground stop of all US flights stranded hundreds of thousands of frustrated travellers with no end to the delays in sight.

In New York’s busy LaGuardia Airport, Janice Llewellyn was on the verge of tears: The chaos could mean she will miss her daughter’s wedding in Toronto.

The 61-year-old Llewellyn was desperate to find an alternative route, telling AFP: “I may lose my mind.”

“My husband flew all the way from England to get to the wedding,” she said. “Oh gosh! I wish they had another flight, I wish I could get another flight, like, now.”

At the airport in Las Vegas, some fliers were told their journeys were delayed due to wind.

One airline staffer said the ground stop would last eight hours. Another said 24 hours.

Government officials have said the grounding was due to a major communications outage and not due to any “nefarious attack”.

The shambolic lack of information led many passengers to form long lines at rental car counters in a mad dash for travel alternatives.

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