More than 3,000 flights were canceled Friday and thousands more were delayed due to a blizzard in the southern United States. the airlines there and the website FlightAware said. TASR reports according to Saturday’s report by the AFP and AP agencies.
Delta Airlines said that closing all five runways at Atlanta International Airport for more than two hours due to “worse-than-expected winter weather.” The aforementioned airlines canceled approximately 1,100 flights on Friday. According to the announcement, efforts will be made to restore operations during Saturday.
A Delta Airlines plane also had to abort takeoff at the Atlanta airport due to an engine problem. More than 200 passengers on board the Boeing 757-300 had to leave the plane through the emergency exits, US media reported.
Adverse weather also affected the operation of Dallas Fort Worth in the US state of Texas and Charlotte Douglas in North Carolina. More than 1,200 flights have been canceled at both airports, according to FlightAware.
The central and eastern United States was hit by a winter storm earlier in the week. It claimed at least five lives and caused the cancellation of hundreds of flights, supplied by AFP.
