紧急停飞打乱了全国各地的出行计划。周五，美国联邦航空管理局宣布全国范围内罕见停飞，随后全美航班停飞，数十万旅客发现自己被困在机场或正在回家的路上。
The emergency ground disrupted travel plans across the country. Hundreds of thousands of travelers across America found themselves stuck in airports or heading home on Friday as flights were grounded across the country after the Federal Aviation Administration announced a rare nationwide ground stop.
在芝加哥奥黑尔机场，34岁的弗兰克·福托担心家人无法及时赶到迈阿密登上邮轮。这次旅行是几个月前就计划好的，为的是庆祝他岳母的60岁生日。奥黑尔机场是美国最繁忙的机场之一。
“往好处想，我觉得这总比被困在海上强——尤其是还带着他，”福托先生说着，朝他的婴儿儿子指了指。
At Chicago’s O’Hare, one of the busiest U.S. airports, Frank Foto, 34, worried that his family would not make it to Miami in time to board a cruise ship. The trip had been planned months ago to celebrate his mother-in-law’s 60th birthday. “On the bright side, I suppose it’s better than being stuck at sea — especially with him,” Mr. Foto said, gesturing toward his infant son.
据航班追踪网站FlightAware的数据，截至周五傍晚早些时候，进出美国领空的航班有超过1万架次延误，至少1700架次取消。
More than 10,000 flights in or out of American airspace were delayed, and at least 1,700 had been canceled as of early Friday evening, according to FlightAware, a flight tracking site.
45岁的纽约人德鲁·阿姆斯特朗当时正乘坐从伦敦飞往肯尼迪机场的航班，在大西洋上空34000英尺处，他在社交媒体上看到了停飞的消息。
Drew Armstrong, 45, of New York, was 34,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from London to Kennedy Airport when he read about the ground stop on social media.
几分钟后，机组人员向乘客通报了情况，并表示飞行员正试图让所有空中的国际航班降落。阿姆斯特朗当时坐在飞机第44排，他在空中发短信说，人们从打盹中醒来，开始在客舱里来回踱步。
Minutes later, the flight crew informed passengers of the situation and said pilots were attempting to land all airborne international flights. People awoke from naps and began pacing the cabin, Mr. Armstrong said in a text message from the air, where he was seated in the 44th row of the plane.
在亚特兰大，45岁的阿什利·范·米尔斯抵达哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊国际机场，希望赶上傍晚飞往芝加哥的航班。
In Atlanta, Ashley Van Mills, 45, arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport hoping to catch an evening flight to Chicago.
“我们飞了不知道多少年了，这种事从来没发生过，”她说。“就是这种未知让人感到不安。”此次停飞发生在感恩节前大约两周，而感恩节是一年中航空出行最繁忙的时期之一。据行业贸易组织美国航空协会的数据，假日期间美国航空公司预计平均每天运送约270万名乘客。克里斯汀·钟是《纽约时报》报道航空公司和消费者出行的记者。
“We’ve been flying for I don’t know how many years, and this doesn’t happen,” she said. “It’s just the unknown that gives you an uneasy feeling.”The outage comes about two weeks before Thanksgiving, one of the busiest times of the year for air travel. On average, U.S. airlines are expected to fly about 2.7 million passengers each day over the holiday period, according to industry trade group Airlines for America. Christine Chung is a Times reporter covering airlines and consumer travel.
里克·罗哈斯是《纽约时报》亚特兰大分社社长，负责领导美国南部的报道工作。
Rick Rojas is the Atlanta bureau chief for The Times, leading coverage of the South.