OT Rome airport runs out of fuel.

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Tuesday October 12 12:37 AM ET

Rome Airport Runs Out Of Fuel, Forcing Delays

ROME (Reuters) - Rome's main airport ran out of jet fuel Monday, forcing the delay, cancellation and diversion of several flights.

Officials said the problem could repeat itself in coming days despite an emergency fuel delivery to Fiumicino airport after supplies dried up.

``This is the first time since 1961 that something like this has happened at Fiumicino,'' said Arnaldo Giroldi, a manager at SERAM, the company which manages refueling at the airport.

``We don't know how this could have happened and who bears upstream responsibility for it,'' he told reporters, adding that SERAM had warned Fiumicino's management Sunday that the tanks were almost running empty.

But Aeroporti di Roma, which operates Fiumicino along with Rome's smaller Ciampino airport, accused SERAM of failing to inform it in time of the problem and said it had filed an official complaint.

Air traffic controllers said five flights were cancelled, 14 delayed and six rerouted.

Passengers were not pleased.

``I don't want to appear anti-Italian but if things like this happen here I can understand that some people think of emigrating,'' said businessman Angelo Magalotti, whose flight to Havana was delayed by more than four hours.

Fuel ran out at 7 a.m., SERAM said. Giroldi said an emergency evening delivery would pump in 220,000 gallons of fuel and 1.54 million gallons should have arrived within 24 hours, above the average 880,000 gallons normally used per day.

Fiumicino warned that supplies could dry up again soon, saying that from Tuesday evening until midday Wednesday jet refueling might once again not be guaranteed.

-- Not Homer Beanfang (but@I think .he'sgood), October 12, 1999

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