Their journey through the Turkish border gate at Cilvegozu was delayed by a prayer.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Air travel has become increasingly annoying and enervating: delayed flights, more restrictive rules on the size of carry-ons (anything bigger than a wallet may force a gate check), delayed or lost luggage, long check-in lines, etc.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Recently the long-delayed SlingCatcher came out of the gate, which -- with a little finagling on a PC screen-- can display virtually any video content available via broadband on a television using its SlingProjector technology.

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North London Coroner's Court heard an ambulance was delayed by 30 minutes as a park gate was locked.

BBC: London Ambulance Service vehicle

The carrier delayed flights when a computer system shut down for two hours, forcing gate agents to manually process passengers.

WSJ: Delays Hit 1,300 American Airlines Flights