PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Dozens of flights have been canceled and delayed at Philadelphia Worldwide Airport on Sunday.The overwhelming majority of those have been American Airways flights.Many individuals ended up camped out and sleeping on the ground at PHL.Sunday evening’s bumpy climate performed a job for positive, however it turned out that the majority of these points concerned American Airways, and the consequence was lots of and lots of of annoyed vacationers.RELATED: American Airways flight attendants finish talks with out settlement, put together for attainable strikeRegina Carini, from Connecticut, has been making an attempt to get to Salt Lake Metropolis since Sunday. She says she’s lacking a marriage and having bother getting refunds on her automotive and lodge leases.Whereas it stays unclear why American Airways operations have been hit so arduous, the shoppers we spoke with say it appears to have been an ideal storm of unhealthy climate, understaffing, and lackluster communication.Kayla Hayden was purported to fly to Seattle on Sunday to catch an ocean cruise to Alaska together with her household that sails off on Tuesday. Not solely is she not sure if she’ll make it, she has no concept the place her baggage is.”We’ve no garments. I’ve none of my baggage — two are on a flight to Seattle. I do not know which of them are in Seattle and which of them are misplaced right here.”RELATED: Heavy rain, sturdy winds convey down timber throughout Philadelphia regionMeanwhile, Keith Johnson and Kayla Renart simply need to go house to Phoenix.”So, I received a supervisor and I used to be like, ‘Hey, I perceive we will not get a flight out proper now, however like what are we purported to do?’ He goes, ‘That is a rhetorical query.’ And I’m going, ‘No, it is a fairly direct query, like, what are we purported to do?’ And he is like, ‘Out of my arms. That is a rhetorical query.’ After which hung up the telephone,” recollects Johnson.Motion Information acquired an e mail replace from American Airways, which principally says their baggage departments are absolutely staffed Monday they usually anticipate to have all the pieces resolved over the following a number of hours.In the meantime, one more reason for these points is the sheer quantity of vacationers throughout the nation on Sunday.The TSA reported they broke the file for the most individuals screened in a single day, with 2.99 million folks screened on Sunday alone.Copyright © 2024 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.