Snow causes 5 days of travel chaos in Amsterdam, with over 2,500 flights canceled and planes left taxiing for hours

Snowfall in Amsterdam's Jordaan district on Monday.

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• Over 2,500 flights in and out of Amsterdam, one of Europe's busiest airports, have been canceled since Friday.
• Snowfall has disrupted travel, forcing some inbound flights to divert to other European cities.
• A KLM flight spent over two hours taxiing around the airport before going back to the gate.

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport has led the world in cancellations over the past...