American Airlines cancelations are shown on monitors at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
American Airlines cancelations are shown on monitors at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport April 9, 2008. American Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights, or nearly 45 percent of its daily schedule, on Wednesday, stranding thousands of passengers and creating chaos at the busiest U.S. airports as it conducted safety inspections of its MD-80 aircraft. REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES)