the storm and its' effect on the situation in the airport

1. a truck carrying 200 dinners was lost in the snow somewhere on an airport service road

1.1. the driver could freeze to death

2. runway three zero was out of use, it was blocked by an Aereo-Mexican plane, which lay sideways across it. the front wheels were stuck in the deep mud

2.1. the loss of runway three zero made the work of air traffic control even more difficult than usual

2.1.1. inside the main passenger terminal there were crowds of impatient people

2.2. planes had to take off over Meadowood

2.2.1. there were at least 50 complains about the noise from people that lived there

3. a hundred flights were delayed by many hours

4. because of the storm Mel stayed to help but he was not really on duty

4.1. finally, he would probably sleep at the airport

4.2. his work helped him to escape from his endless quarrels with his wife