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Stranded travelers tell ABC their checked bags are out of reach

Alex Stone's Burbank report captures passengers leaving boarded planes and weighing overnight stays or rental cars during the nationwide departure halt.

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Why this story? One of ABC News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 327,069 views.

FAA says ground stop remains in effect, some flights will be allowed to depart

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0:25Alex Stone reports that Burbank passengers were sent back into the terminal after boarding their flights.
1:35Crowded terminals across several airports leave travelers considering rental cars as an alternative.
2:47Steve Ganyard explains why departures are held while aircraft already airborne come in to land.
4:29Stranded passengers describe limited information, inaccessible checked bags and difficulty finding a route home.

Passengers had boarded their planes at Hollywood Burbank Airport, only to be sent back into the terminal. In ABC News's live coverage of the FAA departure halt, the immediate question was becoming where they would spend the night.

The report adds travelers' accounts to the shutdown coverage, including an obstacle beyond finding another route home: retrieving their belongings. "So everyone's checked bag is stuck, no one can touch it," one passenger tells ABC.

Correspondent Alex Stone describes hours of delays in Burbank, while footage from Phoenix, Reagan National and Seattle-Tacoma shows crowded terminals and long lines. Some travelers consider renting cars. Others are waiting for enough information to make a decision.

"Just confused, wondering when they're going to tell us anything so we know what to do," another passenger says.

The segment captures the disruption while the ground stop was still in effect; the nationwide restriction was subsequently lifted, as we reported here. ABC contributor Steve Ganyard explains the immediate safety approach: keep departing aircraft on the ground while flights already airborne come in to land.

For one passenger interviewed by ABC, the interruption came after an already exhausting journey: "I've been in the air for 28 hours. I just wanted to make it home."

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