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Ground stop lifted, but some travelers face a JFK-Newark transfer

CBS New York's airport team finds that permission to fly again leaves passengers with baggage waits, rebooking lines and journeys across town.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 96,919 views a day, 26 times a normal first day on this channel (3,673).

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0:53At Newark, passengers remain stranded after the nationwide ground stop lifts.
2:07Officials describe overloaded routers and problems between new technology and an aging system.
3:13Brennan reports that some travelers have been directed from JFK to Newark.
4:23LaGuardia departures begin moving, but baggage waits and terminal closures complicate passengers' plans.
6:28Allison Gilbert describes learning the ground stop had lifted while waiting to rebook in San Francisco.
7:24Arriving JFK travelers describe gate holds and cancellations.

CBS New York's Rob Flaks finds one traveler settling for an airport dinner while the disrupted flight schedule slowly restarts. "So here we are eating pizza in the airport," the traveler says.

The station's team coverage follows the aftermath of the nationwide FAA ground stop across Newark, LaGuardia and JFK. Departures are resuming, but that does not settle where passengers should go, when their bags will arrive or whether their original plans can be salvaged.

At Newark, Dick Brennan reports on travelers directed across town from JFK. At LaGuardia, Flaks follows the first departing Southwest flights alongside baggage waits and terminal closures. Allison Gilbert, speaking from San Francisco, describes hearing that the restriction had lifted while she was still in line to rebook.

The report also carries Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's explanation that routers became overloaded with data. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin describes new technology overwhelming the older system.

Nearly 100,000 views in its first day put the report far beyond CBS New York's usual audience for a regular upload. Its closing JFK interviews return to the practical consequences: travelers arriving after gate holds and cancellations, even with the nationwide restriction lifted.