Air traffic control staffing was under strain at airports in San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., but not MSP, according to the FAA’s dashboard Friday afternoon.
MSP passenger Kelly Fails, 55, said Friday he would be “rolling the dice” and spending another night at his Twin Cities hotel if his airline canceled his return flight.
“That’s all we can do,” he said. “If I get stuck here, good. I’m going to go have more fun at the mall.”
Kelly Fails, left, who is visiting Minneapolis from San Antonio, Texas, for a business trip with his friend Josefina Hernandez, right, walks through Terminal 2 after picking up luggage at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Friday. (Leila Navidi)
Emmy Martin, Kyeland Jackson, Victor Stefanescu and Simon Peter Groebner of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed to this story.



