City High students briefly stranded at O’Hare Airport due to pilot strike

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Lang
3/11/26

A pilot strike stranded about 150 City High students at O’Hare Airport in Chicago on Wednesday.

KCRG TV-9 reports Lufthansa pilots went on strike as the Little Hawk band members were travelling to Germany. The resulting flight cancellations left the students stuck at the airport, but school officials told TV-9 that two groups have since found alternative flights, and the third and final group plans to depart on Thursday.