Southwest Woes Hit Pittsburgh International Airport

MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Southwest woes- Across the country and here locally at Pittsburgh International. All of the airline’s 38 local flights were canceled Tuesday, leaving many families trying to get home, stranded. “As soon as we get there, we see lines down to terminals, people sleeping on the baggage claim things, there were no seats. It’s in a frenzy honestly,” said Elijah Hill, a stranded Southwest passenger. Nationally Southwest has canceled roughly 60% of its scheduled flights. At Pittsburgh International 114 flights were canceled this week. Hill said out of options he, his wife, and two young kids will make the nearly 15-hour drive back home to Pittsburgh early Wednesday morning. The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating southwest to see if the company [Southwest Airlines] could have prevented this and if it’s complying with its customer service plan.