{"id":340637,"date":"2025-12-31T19:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/american-airlines-ground-stop-snow-melter-catches-fire\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:38:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T09:38:41","slug":"american-airlines-suffers-chicago-ground-stop-after-snow-melter-reportedly-catches-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=340637","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines Suffers Chicago Ground Stop After Snow Melter Reportedly Catches Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"254833\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/american-airlines\/\"  >American Airlines<\/a><\/span> faced a ground stop instructed by the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"135393\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/faa\/\"  >FAA<\/a><\/span> after there were alleged issues with a snow melter at <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"263837\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/chicago-ohare-international-airport\/\"  >Chicago O&#8217;Hare International Airport<\/a><\/span>. 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