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Sweaty passenger chastises Delta on YouTube
It's bad enough to hear about the misery of being stuck on the tarmac, but to see it adds another dimension. When Tony Morales was stuck on a Delta plane in Phoenix, sweat dripping from his head, he recorded a portion of his ordeal, even though he risked "getting yelled at for filming right now."
Morales described the situation on the plane as "uncomfortable, hot, miserable – it just wasn't fun," according to MSNBC.
The passengers were stuck in their seats, since the plane had pushed back from the gate, meaning that they were stuck in a hot cabin, without any fluids except those gushing from their pores. One passenger was allowed to deplane, but Morales recalls that it was for medical reasons.
Delta says it's looking into the incident, MSNBC reports:
"We have reached out to this customer for more information on his experience as the timeline we have does not coincide with his account," Delta spokesperson Susan Chana Elliott told msnbc. "Although, we can confirm that the flight did return to the terminal, passengers were offered water during the delay and provided the option to deplane when it was determined that the flight could not depart due to the maintenance issue."
Passengers were finally offered water as the plane was headed back to the gate, and they were permitted to get off, but only after the situation had dragged on for two and a half hours, Morales says.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
KT Jul 31st 2010 11:02PM
I continue to say...."ask the flight attendant to get off...if they no, call 911 and advise them you are being held hostage by the plane crew. The call CNN @ (212) 275-7800."
steve326m Aug 1st 2010 6:42AM
Basically, they didn't want to go past that 3 hour deadline & get fined $27,500 for each passenger (Which some of that should go to the passengers affected).
God Bless
kt Aug 1st 2010 11:44AM
Do it anytime you are uncomfortable.