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PHILLIP DUGAW
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HUFFINGTON
07.15.12
A US Airways flight was delayed for hours at Reagan National
Airport when its wheels got stuck in the tarmac. Blame it
on the heat wave. Temperatures around 100 degrees in
Washington, D.C., caused a “soft spot” in the airport paving,
according to an airline spokesperson. When an electric tug
cart failed to move the plane, the passengers had to get off
and wait 45 minutes in the sizzling heat until a bus brought
them back to the terminal. A new government report finds
that the past 12 months have been the hottest on record in
the continental U.S.