1. After the breach, airport officials closed the airport, forcing AirTran and other airlines operating at Hartsfield to ground airplanes and cancel and divert flights. 2. Federal officials grounded every airplane in the country. 3. The bridges and tunnels were closed to traffic, the airplanes were grounded and the telephones rang busy. 4. We felt that fear as airplanes were grounded, the White House and the Capitol emptied and buildings around the country evacuated. 5. When all airplanes were grounded for a few days after the attack, manufacturers scrambled to move products by truck, but some shipments became unusable nonetheless. 6. When the East Coast reign of terror Tuesday grounded airplanes across the nation for the first time in aviation history, business at LAX came to a halt. 7. Rain and fog grounded an airplane and two of three helicopters scheduled to spray on Friday. 8. The airplane is grounded. 9. The U.S. government grounded crop-dusting airplanes for several days after the attacks. 10. The worst November blizzard in memory clobbered Scandinavia on Friday, shutting factories, grounding airplanes and stalling an ambulance while a woman gave birth inside. |