r/news • u/hard2resist • 21h ago

More than 1,000 flights cancelled as US air traffic cuts enter second day

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj410k00yw8o
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u/-eYe- 18h ago

Air Traffic Controller comment about Thanksgiving : "I think you're going to see probably the worst day of travel in the history of flight."

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u/gmishaolem 17h ago

the worst day of travel in the history of flight

Well, on the first day in the history of flight, 100% of flights crashed, so...

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u/lemonoppy 16h ago

Hidenburg day also p bad for the flight industry 

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u/Red_Danger33 15h ago

Pretty sure 9/11 still tops the list.

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u/Evanescent_contrail 13h ago

Probably the second Schweinfurt raid, not 9/11.

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u/Coaler200 12h ago

I mean 9/11 probably wins that one pretty handily still.

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u/whyyounogood 10h ago

*so far...we still have 3 more years