Flight delays continued to pile up Thursday, a day after the San Diego International Airport was forced to temporarily cease operations for several hours because a private airplane’s nose gear collapsed on the runway.

Even with the airport resuming operations by 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, flight delays continued to mount Thursday morning and afternoon, reaching 365 by 3 p.m., according to FlightAware, a technology firm that tracks flights in real time. A little less than half of those delays were related to flights arriving in San Diego. FlightAware also reported 22 flight cancellations.

Airport spokesperson Jonathan Heller said that once the closure went into effect, all inbound flights Wednesday night were diverted to other airports, including Los Angeles and Ontario. Some airlines provided

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