(12 Aug 2025)
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Mexico City – 12 August 2025
1. Passenger sleeping on luggage at airport terminal
2. Airport flights screen showing delayed flights
3. Various of passengers looking at flights screen
4. Officer giving instructions to passenger
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alicia Nicanor, homemaker:
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"They gave me (a ticket) for today at 5am, which got delayed until 6. Then again until 7, and then they cancelled it again."
6. Passengers watching at screens
7. Passengers waiting with luggage
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Aldo Gutiérrez, flight attendant:
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"Due to the storms and bad weather, they decided to divert the flight to another airport. Once we were at the new airport, the plane was refueled, and then we were sent to Mexico City."
9. Passengers standing in line
10. People walking up escalator; screen showing delayed flights in background
11. People waiting outside airport
STORYLINE:
Torrential rains have forced Mexico City’s main airport to shut down flights for hours for the second consecutive day, stirring chaos in one of Latin America’s busiest airports.
The flight disruptions come as the Mexican capital experiences one of its heaviest rainy seasons in years, leading to constant flooding in other parts of the city.
After suspending all flights for at least four hours early Tuesday, aeronautic authorities said they were able to get one runway up and running, but that vast majority of them remained out of service.
Passengers have reported numerous cancellations and delays this week as heavy rains continue to fall on the Mexican capital.
Alicia Nicanor, 69, said her Sunday flight to the northern city of Tijuana was cancelled and when she returned Tuesday morning for her early morning flight, it was also cancelled.
"They gave me (a ticket) for today at 5am, which got delayed until 6, and then until 7, and then they cancelled it again," she said.
Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada said that heavy rains on Sunday flooded the city’s main plaza, known as the Zócalo, with more than 3 inches, much of which poured down in just 20 minutes. It broke a record set in 1952.
The flooding has fueled criticism by some in the capital, who say they are a sign of larger infrastructure failures by the city’s government.
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