Flight operations in Los Angeles LAX airport resumed May 1, 2014 Flight operations at Los Angeles International and other area airports came to a stop Wednesday afternoon after technical problems at a Southern California control center prompted a temporary groundin At 8:30 pm California time operations resumed and airport authorities released this assessment statement: After completing an assessment of flight operations of the nearly 60 passenger airlines at LAX, LAX Airport Operations reports the following impacts resulting from today’s ground stop through midnight tonight: 1. ARRIVING FLIGHTS TO LAX: A total of 27 cancellations, 212 delays, and 27 diversions to other airports 2. DEPARTING FLIGHTS FROM LAX: A total of 23 cancellations (primarily due to aircraft were unavailable with cancelled arrival flights) and 216 delays.