Flyers at Charlotte’s airport described a chaotic scene during Friday’s FAA ground stop that stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers nationwide.
Nearly 500 flights in and out of CLT were delayed, and at least 90 were canceled, the Charlotte Observer reported. Officials blamed the hours-long fiasco on communication equipment failures.
At 9 a.m. Saturday, a whopping 202 flights were canceled and 88 delayed, according to flight tracking site FlightAware.com. Just before noon, cancellations leapt to 240 and delays to 216 at CLT…