When his first flight was delayed, Drake thought he would miss his connecting flight to Lubbock, the last one of the day.

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The airport was temporarily closed, nearby streets were evacuated, the flight was delayed for three hours as passengers were re-screened, and the woman was led away in handcuffs.

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His private flight from London on Wednesday was delayed because of heightened airport security in Britain.

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But her flight from Anchorage to Seattle was severely delayed, forcing her to spend the night in Seattle before continuing on to New Jersey the next day.

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As cloud roil the skies above Washington's Reagan National Airport, Trina Robertson was crossing her fingers that her flight to Dallas wasn't delayed yet again.

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