Airlines Cancel, Divert Flights After Explosions Rip Through Brussels Airport
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) -- More than 200 flights to Brussels have been diverted or canceled after a pair of deadly explosions ripped through the city's international airport during Tuesday's morning rush hour as hundreds of passengers were trying to check in.
Scores of people are dead after two explosions hit Brussels' Zavantem airport Tuesday morning and a third hit the city's Maelbeek metro station. The Brussels airport has been shut down and airport security has been tightened across Europe.
"There will be a ripple effect across Europe in terms of the flights that were supposed to come out of that airport," CBS News Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues said.
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American Airlines said in a statement that all of their employees and contractors are accounted for with no injuries reported. It has canceled Flight 751 from Brussels to Philadelphia for Tuesday.
United Airlines is suspending all flights to the Brussels airport until further notice.
United Flight 950 from Washington's Dulles Airport arrived at Brussels international airport at 7:01 a.m. and customers deplaned normally at the gate. Flight 999 which departed from Newark Liberty Airport was rerouted to a remote location where customers and crews deplane.
Delta said flight DL80 from Atlanta to Brussels landed safely at the airport, and DL42 from New York was diverted to Amsterdam.
"If your flight is canceled or significantly delayed, you are entitled to a refund," the airline said in an online statement.
Other airlines including Lufthansa, Air France, KLM, British Airways, Ryanair, and Aegean have canceled flights.
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