‘I may lose my mind’: Frustrated travellers stuck in U.S. flight havoc
Confusion reigned at airports across the United States on Friday (November 13, 2026), as a rare grounding of all U.S. flights stranded hundreds of thousands of frustrated travellers with no end to the delays in sight.
In New York’s busy LaGuardia airport, Janice Llewellyn was on the verge of tears: the chaos could mean she will miss her daughter’s wedding in Toronto.
The 61-year-old Llewellyn was desperate to find an alternative route, telling AFP: “I may lose my mind.”
“My husband flew all the way from England to get to the wedding,” she said. “Oh gosh! I wish they had another flight, I wish I could get another flight, like, now.”
At the airport in Las Vegas, some fliers were told their journeys were delayed due to wind.
Government officials have said the grounding was due to a major communications outage and not due to any “nefarious attack.” But that didn’t help travelers understand what comes next.
The shambolic lack of information led many passengers to form long lines at rental car counters in a mad dash for travel alternatives.
AFP
