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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 (AP)
Fog at Detroit Causes Airline Delays



   (12-26) 07:34 PST Romulus, Mich. (AP) --

   Travelers heading home on the morning after Christmas faced delays as so=
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flights heading to Detroit were held at their originating airports because
of fog.

   The Federal Aviation Administration issued a "ground stop" for flights
heading to Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus in order to reduce
arriving flight congestion over the foggy airport, airport spokesman Scott
Wintner said.

   Arrival delays of 15 minutes or less were being reported at the airport.

   The ground stop did not mean all Detroit-bound flights were delayed.

   It did not apply to flights already in the air, and FAA spokeswoman
Elizabeth Isham Cory said individual airlines could decide if planes with
updated navigational equipment could leave at their scheduled times.

   "Ground stops depend on the weather, runway conditions, a variety of
things," Cory said. "Unless you have this equipment that can navigate
through that fog, we're going to wait until the fog breaks to bring you in
safely."

   Elsewhere, rain as causing delays in Texas at Dallas-Fort Worth
International and at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the
FAA said.

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