Airlines work to dig out Saturday from nationwide FAA ground stop, thousands of flight cancellations
Airlines across the U.S. worked Saturday to recover from the longest nationwide ground stop in 25 years that canceled more than 2,000 flights, spread ripple effects around the world, stranded passengers and forced professional and college sports teams to scramble for alternate transportation.
TL;DR
- U.S. airlines worked Saturday to recover from a nationwide ground stop.
- This was the longest ground stop in 25 years.
- More than 2,000 flights were canceled.
- The cancellations caused global ripple effects and stranded passengers.
- Sports teams had to find alternate transportation.