Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Thousands of flights cancelled due to extreme cold weather in USA

Over 4,400 flights have been cancelled all over the United States as
extreme cold in the US Midwest and Northeast froze fuel lines to
airplanes and posed exposure hazards for employees working on the
tarmac.
JetBlue Airways took the most drastic step of any airline by
suspending all flights at New York and Boston airports on Monday, with
plans to gradually resume them on Tuesday.
The brunt of the 4,400 cancellations was felt in areas such as
Chicago, Minneapolis and Cleveland, according to the cancelled.com
tracking service.
More than 1,600 flights were halted at Chicago O'Hare Airport, an
airport that typically has 2,400 daily flights, according to city
officials.


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