‘Nowhere to go stay’: Piarco passengers pay price for US aviation breakdown

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Pas­sen­gers strand­ed at Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port faced an­oth­er day of un­cer­tain­ty yes­ter­day as air­lines worked to re­cov­er from a ma­jor telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions fail­ure with­in the US Fed­er­al Avi­a­tion Ad­min­is­tra­tion’s (FAA) air traf­fic con­trol sys­tem that dis­rupt­ed flights in the US and all across the re­gion.

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Long lines formed at the Pi­ar­co air­port, par­tic­u­lar­ly at the Amer­i­can Air­lines counter, as pas­sen­gers wait­ed to re­book flights, con­firm new de­par­ture times and make al­ter­na­tive trav­el arrange­ments. Some spent the night with rel­a­tives or friends, while oth­ers had nowhere to go.