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American Airlines Cancels Flights for Third Day

American Airlines cancelled flights in and out of San Diego for a third day today. Officials are inspecting the wiring on MD-80 jets after federal inspectors raised safety concerns. KPBS reporter Andr

American Airlines Cancels Flights for Third Day

(Photo: Screen at San Diego's International Airport shows cancelled American Airlines flights for third day in a row. Andrew Phelps, KPBS )

American Airlines cancelled flights in and out of San Diego for a third day today. Officials are inspecting the wiring on MD-80 jets after federal inspectors raised safety concerns. KPBS reporter Andrew Phelps met some stranded travelers at Lindbergh Field.

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San Diegans can get to Boston, New York, and Chicago on American. But most flights to Dallas/Fort Worth were delayed or cancelled. That's a major connection to other destinations.

About a dozen young women in the West Hills High School choir sat at the airport for a second day. Alex Waterhouse says they were trying to make a performance in Toronto.

Waterhouse: We got phone calls from our choir director, and she said our flight has been cancelled, and she was here for three hours trying to find us a new flight so we would get to Toronto in time.

The young women were happy to sing about their ordeal.

Choir: Yeah, it sucks / To be / On American Airlines.

The choir managed to catch one of American's Boeing 767's to New York.

Andrew Phelps, KPBS News.