American Cancels All DFW Flights Due to Severe WX

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American Airlines cancels weather-hit Dallas flights
Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:27pm EDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Airlines is canceling up to 720 flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport due to lightning and the threat of tornadoes, the air carrier said on Tuesday.

The U.S. No. 1 airline, owned by AMR Corp, said its planes at the Dallas airport have been at a standstill since this morning and was diverting incoming flights to nearby cities.

"They had to evacuate the air traffic control tower for about 10 minutes under threat of tornado, and that resulted in a ground stop," an American Airlines spokesman told Reuters via e-mail. "We've had ramp closures because of lightning for hours now, and we had to make a tough decision." [Full Article]

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As early as 1300 when I first got to work my companies ATC desk sent out a DFW update teletype msg saying there had already been about 80 diversions, I am sure that figure is much higher now.

LGA777

Wow, damn good thing I canceled my non rev travels through DFW this week!