CRASH RATTLES NERVES AT LAX OTHERS TAKE BAD NEWS IN STRIDE.Byline: Harrison Sheppard and Troy Anderson Staff Writers After landing at LAX en route from Australia to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Dr. Andrew Carr got the jitters jitters 'Butterflies' Psychology An episode of nervousness or anxiety that often precedes a public event; jitters is a type of performance anxiety which may affect actors in a stage production–stage fright or soloist musicians; it may respond to anxiolytics Monday when he heard about the American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the crash after takeoff from Kennedy Airport. Carr decided there's more important things than business and decided to head back to Sydney as soon as he could. ``I've got a wife and two kids,'' Andrew Carr said. ``There are more important things than work.'' Jitters were common among the thousands of passengers at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX , but many remained confident - some even defiant - especially with early signs pointing to a major mechanical failure rather than a terrorist attack bringing down American Airlines Flight 587. Frank Nunez, a native New Yorker returning home with his family from a vacation to Hawaii, said New Yorkers refuse to live in fear. ``It's going to take more than that to scare us and keep us in the house. It's not going to happen,'' he said. The Airbus A300 left JFK at 6:14 a.m., PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there , then nose-dived three minutes later into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens - a middle-class neighborhood 15 miles from Manhattan. About 6:30 p.m. PST, the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control issued an order grounding planes at Los Angeles International Airport and airports across the nation that were bound for Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark and smaller airports in the New York City area The following are active airports serving the New York City area, lying underneath New York's Class B airspace in New York and New Jersey.
Major airports . More than 30 flights at LAX were canceled or delayed, said Nancy Castles, a spokeswoman for Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van . The ground order was lifted about three hours later, and travelers began scrambling to get new flight assignments and make connections. The lines snaking through some terminals were more than 100 people deep, with passengers waiting an hour or more just to get to the ticket counter. But most took it in stride, already prepared for long waits because of the additional security implemented after the Sept. 11 attacks. Many shrugged off the crash, assuming it was due to mechanical failures that are an inherent part of flying. ``I'm not nervous. I'm just inconvenienced,'' said Helen Sawczak, a Melbourne, Australia, woman trying to find another New York flight for her business trip. As federal investigators searched for clues to the cause of the crash, the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . took the precaution of going on modified tactical alert and activating its emergency operations center The Emergency Operations Center, or EOC, is a central command and control facility responsible for carrying out the principles of emergency preparedness and emergency management, or disaster management functions at a strategic level in an emergency situation, and ensuring to coordinate communications bureaus. However, the city did not activate its separate emergency operations center - which includes a broader range of city officials - and the county emergency operations center was operating normally. Castles reassured travelers that LAX is safe, particularly in light of security measures implemented in the wake of the tragedy on Sept. 11, when hijacked jetliners hit the Pentagon and World Trade Center. ``We are concerned as we are any time there has been an aircraft accident and given the current worldwide security situation, all of the airportwide facilities are on a very high level of awareness and remain concerned,'' Castles said. ``We are all working very diligently to try to calm passengers who may have their nerves jarred ... but how passengers respond to an aircraft accident is on a personal level,'' she said. Mayor James Hahn offered assurances that city was safe with the police and fire departments standing ready and state officials said they were monitoring the situation in New York. ``We are continuing on a high state of alert in California,'' said Megan Standard, spokeswoman for Governor's Office of Emergency Services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Brazilian airline pilot Mihail Aleksandrov, left, waits in line at LAX with his daughter Larissa along with other passengers on Monday. The West Coast air crash forced flight cancellations at LAX. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer |
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