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Travelers on Delta Airlines look at a departure screen Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Detroit. Dozens of departing flights have been canceled at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport as a looming superstorm locks down flights to the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools walt disney world hotel deal and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Sandy brought air travel to a halt in the Northeast Monday, grounding thousands of flights and upending travel plans across the globe. Planes and passengers are likely to remain stranded Tuesday and it could be a number of days before airport operations are back to normal.
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Delays rippled across the U.S., affecting travelers in cities from San Francisco to Atlanta. Disruptions spread to Europe and Asia, where airlines cancelled or delayed flights to New York and Washington from cities that are major travel hubs — including London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong.
Sandy caused Eric Danielson to miss his first day of work at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. He thought he'd be looking at a two-hour layover in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on his way from San Francisco to Norfolk, Va.
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Even if storm damage is minor it could be a week before operations are normal at major East Coast airports, said Angela Gittens , director general of the Airports Council International , a trade group for airports worldwide.
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So far there have been 13,785 flight cancellations as a result of Hurricane Sandy. The cancellations have already surpassed those from last year's damaging Hurricane Irene. They're now on par with a major winter storm in early 2011. In that storm, 14,000 flights were scrapped over four days.
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