American Scraps 188 Miami Flights Today After Fuel Farm Fire

AMR Corp.’s American Airlines scrubbed 188 Miami flights today, almost a third of its daily schedule there, after a fire destroyed the main pumping system at the airport’s fuel farm.

The March 23 blaze at Miami International Airport forced American to use 10 tanker trucks to haul fuel to the tarmac, so refueling now takes as long as five hours on wide-body planes such as Boeing Co. 777s, said Andrea Huguely, an airline spokeswoman. The process usually takes 45 minutes, she said.