Dec. 12—ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Flooding due to a burst water pipe spurred closure Monday of part of Concourse C at St. Louis Lambert International Airport's Terminal 1 for about seven hours and delayed some flights.
Roger Lotz, a Lambert spokesman, said the gate change delays were of less than an hour and some lasted only a few minutes. The flooding left up to three inches of standing water from gates C2 to C12.
Lotz said the incident occurred about 6:50 a.m. and required the closing of the concourse until about 1:45 p.m. Passengers were taken by buses on the tarmac to other open gates on the concourse.
Some gates remained closed at 1:45 p.m. as drying efforts continued; that was expected to continue through Monday night. American Airlines is the main airline on the concourse, which also handles some other carriers.
Airport officials didn't cite a specific cause but noted that the pipe is in an older terminal.
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