Greater than 450 flights had been delayed at Denver International Airport on Sunday after the airport’s baggage dealing with system skilled a mechanical malfunction.
One other 59 flights had been canceled, in keeping with FlightAware.com.
A complete of 474 flights out and in of Denver had been delayed. Of the disruptions, 225 delays concerned Southwest airways flights and one other 115 delays concerned United flights, FlightAware.com reported. Southwest cancelled one flight whereas United cancelled 56.
Alaska Airways additionally cancelled two flights, however on Sunday the airline grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after one aircraft’s fuselage blew out three miles above above Oregon on Friday night time.
The Denver airport’s baggage system skilled a mechanical challenge on Sunday morning however it was fastened by the afternoon, stated Ashley Forest, an airport spokeswoman. Nonetheless, the airport was nonetheless working by the backlog on Sunday afternoon and get luggage to the fitting areas, she stated.
Forest stated she didn’t know whether or not the luggage system malfunction precipitated the flight delays and referred inquiries to particular person airways.
Efforts to succeed in spokespeople at Southwest and United had been unsuccessful.
In September 2022, the Denver Metropolis Council authorised a $500 million contract to improve the airport’s baggage system.
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