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marmar

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Mon Aug 29, 2022, 10:27 AM Aug 2022

Staff shortages, overscheduling, bad weather, .... now alligators...The air travel summer from hell.




CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston International Airport flight ran into an unusual delay on the taxiway Saturday night.

Delta passenger John Moroney said his flight from Atlanta landed in Charleston around 7 p.m. Saturday when the pilot announced a delay.

An alligator was passing across the taxiway.

The pilot briefly held the plane to let the gator pass. .........(more)

https://www.wane.com/news/alligator-delays-flight-on-runway-at-charleston-international-airport/




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