Travelers at one Houston airport dealt with what many consider a travel nightmare as flight delays and cancellations caused a major backup at its baggage claim office.
showed a sea of unclaimed luggage sitting at Hobby airport on Monday. You can see rows of suitcases filling up most of the baggage claim area.A representative with the airline sent KTRK a statement saying that their teams are still experiencing disruptions across their network due to Winter Storm Elliott.One Houston couple said they had their flight to New Orleans canceled on Sunday shortly before it was supposed to take off."I was told that our bags went to New Orleans.
The winter storm that swept across the United States was ill-timed for travelers who had started pushing Christmas week flying numbers back toward pre-pandemic levels. On Christmas Day, there were 3,178 flights canceled and 6,870 flight delayed, according to FlightAware.Friday was the worst day of this streak with 5,934 cancellations, while Thursday saw almost 2,700 cancellations.
This megablast of winter weather across the eastern two-thirds of the nation is forecast to slowly moderate this week.
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