00:00A staffing-related ground stop at one of the country's busiest airports
00:03triggered a chain reaction that's still rippling through the weekend.
00:08Chicago O'Hare International Airport briefly paused all flights over staffing issues,
00:13then got hit with departure delays of over 30 minutes due to low cloud ceilings,
00:18giving it the most departure delays of any U.S. airport that day.
00:22United Airlines, which uses O'Hare as a major hub alongside Denver,
00:26bore the brunt of it, logging dozens of cancellations and hundreds of delays.
00:31Passengers described being diverted mid-flight, missing connections,
00:36and spending nearly a full day just trying to reach their destination.
00:39One traveler said his worst travel experience ever stretched to almost 19 hours
00:45after being rerouted through South Dakota.
00:47United has offered flexible rebooking, but with another storm threat building for Chicago,
00:53the disruptions may not be over yet.
00:56Disclosure.
00:56This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
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