Minneapolis students face travel chaos amid flight delays

The Brief

  • Minnehaha Academy students faced multiple flight delays at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport due to the winter storm.
  • The group is heading to Europe for a service trip.
  • They finally boarded a flight to London on Sunday.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) A group of Minnehaha Academy students experienced a weekend of travel delays as they attempted to leave the Twin Cities for an overseas service trip.

Flight delays for Minnehaha Academy students

What we know:

The students were initially scheduled to depart on at about 6 p.m. Friday, but were rescheduled multiple times due to pilot availability. They were finally able to board a flight on Sunday.

“We were supposed to leave yesterday? Or wait, it was two days ago. Friday. Actually, we were supposed to leave Friday around like 6 p.m. and then we didn’t have all three of our pilots. Then we got to get rescheduled to yesterday at 6. Then we got rescheduled again to today at 6,” said Leeanna Pineda, a junior at Minnehaha Academy.

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