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Tom Callan and AP reportingFlight plans have changed again. American Airlines has canceled another 570 flights on Friday, including all seven out of Salt Lake City.
The company says disruptions will probably continue through Saturday as it checks its entire fleet of MD-80 planes for wiring problems.
One travel agent says some of her clients are stranded, and even she has to wait up to 90 minutes on the phone to talk to someone at American Airlines and get them some help.
She says American Airlines cancels some flights in the morning and then adds to the list in the afternoon. But she has another worry. "We have a very strong feeling that there will be additional airlines being forced to do this as well," she said.
She says it can take two days to book a dwindling number of flights.
Nationally, thousands of flights have been canceled and hundreds of thousands of passengers delayed this week by groundings among several major airlines.
E-mail: tcallan@ksl.com
(The Deseret Morning News and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
