US flight grounding delays two Cathay Pacific Hong Kong flights
A four-hour US Federal Aviation Administration grounding order affected nearly 15,000 flights. Cathay Pacific said two Hong Kong-bound flights, CX807 and CX879, were delayed; other US-Hong Kong services operate on schedule. Delta Air Lines cancelled a Los Angeles flight.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a nationwide ground stop for all US flights that lasted about four hours before being lifted, Hong Kong's RTHK reported. The order caused nearly 15,000 flights to be delayed or cancelled, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded at airports.
Cathay Pacific said two of its flights returning to Hong Kong from the US – CX807 and CX879 – were delayed as a result. All remaining Cathay Pacific flights between Hong Kong and the US on that day were operating as originally scheduled, the carrier added.
Cathay Pacific said it was working with air traffic control authorities and airport management to deal with the congestion caused by the grounding order, which might lead to delays for some flights.
Separately, a Delta Air Lines flight originally scheduled to depart at 10:45 am for Los Angeles was cancelled.