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Fire Related Flight Cancellations & Delays
LOS ANGELES — With more help in the tower Monday, controllers at Los Angeles International Airport were able 
to send out 60 planes an hour, twice as many as the day before and just under the usual 70, an official said. 

The problem occurred yesterday when air traffic controllers at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in 
northern San Diego County had to evacuate due to a nearby wildfire. Many of them were sent north to the LAX tower. 

That cut the rate of departures at LAX to 30 an hour, less than half the usual output, and also resulted in 
some delays and cancellations at Lindbergh Field in San Diego. 

It also backed up the inter-linked U.S. system and resulted in dozens of flight cancellations into LAX, Burbank, 
John Wayne and Ontario. 

But as of 2 p.m. today, according to Los Angeles World Airports, the airlines were projecting that 220 
inbound or outbound flights would be canceled for the entire day, roughly 13 percent of the usual 1,700 a day. 

And no flight cancellations were anticipated by the roughly 40 foreign air carriers at the Tom Bradley 
International Terminal. 

Delays yesterday were averaging hours. Today the delays were ranging from zero to 90 minutes, according to LAWA.

SAN DIEGO PRESS CONFERENCE

Mayor Murphy:

Bad news is that there is much more damage than originally thought.
Good news is that the weather is changing for the better, winds have died down and the fire is moving east and is being driven by vegetation as opposed to structures.

President Bush has declared San Diego city and county a disaster area clearing the way for victims to apply for federal financial aid.

Governor Davis, in today's visit, pledged additional resources.

Most school districts, UCSD and SDSU will again be closed on Tuesday.

Fire Chief Bowman:

The fire has become a "stable situation."

In a 75 percent completed walk through of the affected areas, the following damage was noted and was found to be much higher that first estimated:

In Scripps Ranch area:
over 300 homes destroyed
six homes damaged
More information at www.scrippsranch.org

In Tierra Santa:
Eleven homes destroyed
33 homes significantly damaged

Five firefighters have lost their homes in the San Diego County fires.

Police Chief Lansdowne:

Twelve members of the SDPD (sworn and civilian) have lost their homes.

Most city facilities (except for essential services such as police, fire, water and sewer) will be closed again on Tuesday.

Next briefing will be at 11 AM Tuesday, unless the situation changes.