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What FAA glitch? All calm at LAX

Andrew Nystrom, our senior Travel producer, was headed for the airport shortly after news broke of the FAA computer glitch that threatened to cause flight delays across the nation. Here is a timeline of his updates as he reported by BlackBerry from the road and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

2:27 p.m. Smooth sailing on fwys to LAX Lot B - LAX AM airport radio vaguely reporting delays. I should have a domestic terminal update soonish

2:45 p.m. Intl terminal looks like a ghost town. Outside little traffic, but TV newscams are here

2:56 p.m. All quiet at AA Lax T4. More news cams than cars in front of Bradley Intl terminal

4:03 p.m. OK, should be boarding in ~30…am seeing some AA delays on LAX arrivals coming thru Midwest + Mexico

4:17 p.m. Just about to board, all AA departures show as on time but a few flights arriving via O’Hare, MEM and MIA showing slight delays. Very little FAA buzz here

4:34 p.m. No drama, looks like we’ll depart on time; sitting in far back in kids’ section

— Andrew, senior producer, Los Angeles Times Travel

[Photos: Andrew Nystrom]

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