This morning, just days after a flood emergency in the
Northeast cut off neighborhoods,
prompting evacuations and high water rescues.
In New Jersey, another flood threat up to 4 inches
of rain possible through the morning,
causing more travel trouble through the busy Northeast and in
the Midwest,
snow in Missouri reducing visibility on the roads to less
than a mile in the air This holiday travel week,
already seeing a long list of flight delays with record
crowds at the airport.
The FAA blaming air traffic,
staffing problems and flight congestion for traveler frustration in Florida.
Just days after Southwest Airlines was fined a record $140
million for last year's travel meltdown,
the airline saw hundreds of delays.
Yesterday, the FAA for the second day in a row
imposed ground delays in Florida due to higher than usual
traffic in the sky.
We had a big block of birds we went through
and they've even hit one there.
It was a bird strike that caused problems for this
flight,
headed to Austin, quickly returning to Fort Lauderdale.
It's the second bird strike on a Southwest plane in
less than a week.
One expert tells AB CS Gio Benitez that despite nearly
15,000 bird strikes in the last year,
they remain a major concern.
They can be very serious.
The airplanes are not built to brush them aside.
It can cause an engine to fail.
Meanwhile across the pond.
Oh, forty mile per hour winds made for a tricky
landing at Heathrow Airport,
but this American Airlines flight managed to touchdown safely.
Really scary video there. Back in Florida,
many flight delays approached 4 hours.
One flight was delayed 21 hours.