Detroit Metro ground stop lifted, Delta flight delay ripple effect felt Friday

Ground stop lifted after network issue for Delta at Metro Airport

Even hours later, the domino effect of the stoppage was felt among travelers at DTW in Romulus.

ROMULUS, Mich. (FOX 2) - A network issue at Detroit Metro Airport halted Delta flights on Friday morning and a ripple effect has been felt all day in Romulus.

The FAA reported a ground stop for all Delta Air Lines flights out of Detroit Metro just before 6 a.m. That stop was lifted at 8:40 a.m., and changed to a ground delay.

The original delay time was 160 minutes, but has been fluctuating, per the FAA.

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According to the FAA, this network issue only impacted the McNamara Terminal, and no other Detroit Metro airlines were affected.

The DeltaHub at the McNamara Terminal was shutdown and even hours later a domino effect of flights delayed or canceled have cropped up.

Delta ground stop leads to travel delays at Detroit Metro Airport

A morning ground stop Friday morning for all Delta flights out of Detroit Metro Airport has led to travel delays for those planning to leave DTW today. A network issue was to blame for the flight stoppage, which lasted several hours.

What you can do:

Travelers are urged to check their flight status before heading to the airport.

Additionally, Delta is allowing a waiver for impacted passengers to rebook their flights.

Travelers are able to select a new flight on or before Dec. 9.

Those unable to rebook their flights can cancel their reservation and apply any unused value of the ticket toward the purchase of a new ticket within a year from the original ticket issuance.

By 6 p.m. improvements could be felt but even arriving flights were impacted.

"We have dinner reservations at Disney World tonight," said one woman. "We've got to get there.

"We always fly Delta, that's why the big joke is my brother-in-law chose Spirit. I'm like at this point we should have chose Spirit today."

"The flight was delayed for about an hour," said one man. "We waited for that one hour, then it was extended again for another hour. At the end of the day the total time delayed was about two hours so it was really stressful."

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