Australia: Flights delayed after fire alarm grounds planes at Melbourne Airport

Melbourne Airport was in chaos Monday morning after a fire alarm grounded planes and forced its traffic control centre to be evacuated. Flights were suspended from departing and landing for an hour from about 9am. An airport spokesman said more than 50 flights were affected with flow-on delays and cancellations expected to plague the airport throughout the day and into the evening. However, he said most of the backlog had cleared by midday. "The schedule is looking good," he said. "There will be knock-on affects throughout the day. We would hope it would have resolved itself by the end of the day."<br/>