{
  "id": 19952808,
  "title": "'I may lose my mind': Frustrated travelers stuck in US flight havoc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/i-may-lose-my-mind-frustrated-travelers-stuck-in-us-flight-havoc",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-14T08:27:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/11/1577528/i-may-lose-my-mind-frustrated-travelers-stuck-us-flight-havoc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Friday 13th brought chaos to U.S. airports as all flights were grounded, leaving hundreds of thousands of travelers stranded. Janice Llewellyn, a 61-year-old from New York, feared missing her daughter's wedding in Toronto. \"I may lose my mind,\" she expressed to AFP. Her husband had flown from England for the wedding.\n\nAt Las Vegas airport, some passengers were told their delays ranged from eight to 24 hours due to unspecified issues with old telecommunications equipment. FAA officials finally lifted the ground stop at 8:15 pm ET, but not before causing confusion and long lines at rental car counters as people scrambled for alternative travel.\n\nJoseph Anderson, a 72-year-old retired Air Force veteran, was considering driving back to Oakland, California, fearing highway jams due to the nationwide stoppage. The grounding occurred just before the busy Thanksgiving travel period and ahead of a major weekend for sports.\n\nIn New York, Tiara Johnson, traveling to Orlando for a concert, grew increasingly anxious as the situation seemed dire. \"You think you're gonna be there in three hours, but your whole evening is kind of done!\" she lamented to AFP. Despite the Friday the 13th superstition, many harried passengers remained calm, scanning their phones for updates and wandering the terminal without clear direction.",
  "summary": "NEW YORK: Confusion reigned at airports across the United States on Friday as a rare grounding of all US flights stranded hundreds of thousands of frustrated travelers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}