Tens of thousands of travelers were stranded at airports across the country Friday night, including in Charlotte, after an hours-long ground stop caused by communication equipment failures that the Trump administration blamed on “1980s” computer systems.
Nearly 500 flights in and out of Charlotte Douglas International Airport were delayed, and at least 90 canceled, due to the meltdown that lasted about four hours. CLT officials said flights were resuming Friday night, but disruptions are likely to persist through the weekend.
CLT’s website shows more than a dozen cancellations of Saturday flights in or out of the airport…