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Think you had trouble getting home yesterday? TACA International #670, coming in from El Salvador last night, had to be diverted to Ontario around midnight because of all the fog at LAX. That turned out to be a huge problem because local authorities wouldn't let passengers disembark (Sunday night, Ontario, customs - you could imagine). That led to a nine-hour stay on the Ontario tarmac. The plane finally took off just after 9 a.m. and landed at LAX 20 minutes later. (LAT)
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Mark Lacter created the LA Biz Observed blog in 2006. He posted
until the day before his death on Nov. 13, 2013.