flight delay operational reasons then weather

natt33

On a recent flight home my flight was delayed for 'operational' reasons, but this became an even later delay due to storms and pushed the delay back to 3 hours 40 on arrival. Will the airline try to say no to compensation because the weather made the delay more than 3 hours? Or will my claim be accepted because had they been on time in the first place we wouldn't have been stopped by the storm?

Caz3121

Often airlines will split the delay time x minutes for operational and y minutes for weather. Unless the weather was only a small part of the delay it is likely a claim would be denied but you may as well try