Equipment issue causes flight delays at Denver International Airport

An unspecified equipment issue at Denver International Airport delayed hundreds of flights on Thursday Flights arriving Thursday afternoon in Denver were being delayed by an average of minutes and flights trying to depart the airport were being delayed by an average of minutes according to the Federal Aviation Administration As of p m flights had been delayed at DIA and three were canceled according to flight tracking material from FlightAware FAA administrators attributed the delays to an equipment issue at Denver s terminal radar approach control facility TRACON in a report to The Denver Post No additional information including the cause and when the issue is expected to be resolved was available Related Articles RTD to shut down segment of G Line for hours Wednesday for emergency drill More than flights delayed at DIA by afternoon thunderstorms Thunderstorms trigger hundreds of flight delays at Denver International Airport Amenity restored after copper wire theft forces RTD to shut down segment of A Line RTD s th Street shuttles to fully resume arrangement Oct Southwest delayed flights on Thursday followed by United flights SkyWest flights and Frontier flights Another airlines delayed between one and seven flights This is a emerging story and will be updated Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day