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American Airlines Cancels All US Flights For Several Hours

A key computer system used to run many daily operations at American Airlines failed Tuesday, forcing the nation’s third-largest carrier to ground all flights across the United States for several hours and stranding thousands of frustrated passengers at airports and on planes.

2013/04/16

Passengers begin to offload the Triumph on Feb. 14, 2013 in Mobile, Ala. (credit: Jeff Gammons/Getty Images)

Cruise Passengers Return Home, Feds Probe Fire

Passengers of the Carnival Triumph tried to put the memories of their nightmarish cruise behind them Friday, boarding buses and planes for home after five harrowing days aboard a vessel adrift at sea without power or working toilets.

2013/02/16

Carnival Bus Breaks Down Carrying Passengers Who Were Aboard Cruise Ship

Passengers who were aboard the disabled Carnival cruise ship couldn’t even catch a break on land.

2013/02/15

In this handout from the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph sits idle February 11, 2013 in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the Coast Guard, the ship lost propulsion power February 10, after a fire broke out in the engine room. (Photo by Paul McConnell/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Passengers Cheer Escape From ‘Horrible’ Cruise

Passengers who finally escaped the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph were checking into hotels early Friday for a hot shower, fresh-cooked food and sleep or boarding buses for a long haul home after five numbing days at sea on a powerless ship.

2013/02/15

File photo of a cruise ship. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Cruise Ship Passengers Arrive At New Orleans Hotel

Passengers from a disabled cruise ship have arrived at a hotel in New Orleans after a days-long odyssey in the Gulf of Mexico that was marked by overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odors.

2013/02/15

In this handout from the U.S. Coast Guard, the cruise ship Carnival Triumph sits idle on Feb. 11, 2013 in the Gulf of Mexico. (credit: Paul McConnell/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images)

Crippled Cruise Ship Finally Docks After 5 Days

A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf finally docked with some 4,200 people aboard late Thursday, passengers raucously cheering the end to an ocean odyssey they say was marked by overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odors.

2013/02/15