Travel mayhem as widespread danger causes up to 3-hour delays at major airports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that a major thunderstorm system bringing life-threatening flooding has shut down flights in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
Major travel hubs, including LaGuardia Airport, Newark-Liberty International Airport, and Philadelphia International Airport have all announced ground stops until at least 3:15pm ET.
Other major airports, including John F Kennedy International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, have announced ground delays lasting until at least early Friday morning.
The airport chaos has led to flight delays of more than three hours at New York's JFK Airport and New Jersey's Newark Airport.
Delays out of Washington's Ronald Reagan Airport, however, have now reached a staggering 268 minutes, or four and a half hours.
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