US: Southwest Airlines cancels hundreds of flights
12 October 2021 |
9:59 am
Southwest Airlines has said air traffic control issues are behind the cancellation of hundreds of flights. The pilots' union has denied reports its members staged a work stoppage to protest the airline's vaccine mandate.
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