New York [US], December 27: Hundreds of flights at U.S. San Francisco International Airport were delayed and canceled on Friday due to strong winds and the temporary closure of the departures lobby at Terminal 1.
According to aircraft tracking website FlightAware, 432 flights were delayed, most of them arrivals, and 26 flights were canceled.
The Federal Aviation Administration said arriving flights were experiencing average delays of one hour and 44 minutes because of weather conditions and high winds.
Separately, the departures lobby at Terminal 1 was closed for more than an hour on Friday morning due to what airport officials described as "police activity," and it reopened at around 10:45 a.m. local time.
Local media reported that Terminal 1 had been evacuated at around 8 a.m. local time after San Francisco police discovered a "suspicious package."
Source: Xinhua
