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Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Charlotte, NC, to
New York City were driven to �mental breakdown� Sunday when the
delayed aircraft was left sitting on a runway for hours with no
air conditioning or food service, according to a report.
The flight to JFK, which was supposed to leave at 1:07 p.m.,
wound up being held on the runway because of problems with the
fuel tank � leaving passengers suffering so much, some started
�sobbing� while others had �panic attacks,� the Charlotte
Observer reported.
�Just sat on a plane with limited AC for three hours while they
were fixing the fuel tank, turns out they can�t fix it and now
we�re switching planes I��-,� tweeted a reporter for the local
paper, Genna Contino.
The passengers then boarded a different plane at 4:30 p.m. � but
continued to wait under hot, uncomfortable conditions for
another three hours.
�Entering hour 6 of sitting on a plane with no AC, no food, no
drink service,� Contino tweeted. �Someone on the flight is
having a mental breakdown.�
The reporter said the air conditioning was turned off to save
fuel, but was then turned back on after �people started sobbing
and having panic attacks.�
She also said passengers weren�t allowed to exit the plane.
American Airlines spokesperson Andrew Trull told The Post the
flight was delayed both because of a mechanical issue and
because of lightning in the vicinity.
�During that time the jet bridge remained attached and the
forward boarding door remained open,� he said. �We know it can
be frustrating when travel doesn�t go as planned, and apologize
to our customers for the inconvenience.�
Trull told the Charlotte Observer a snack would have been served
�after a period of time� if the flight left the gate, but didn�t
provide more details.
Weather reports from the day showed thunderstorms and rain in
North Carolina. The flight eventually departed at 7:03 p.m., the
airline said.
The harrowing delay comes during a summer chock full of airplane
horror stories, as millions of fliers have been left with delays
and cancellations.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/26/passengers-trapped-on-boiling- american-airlines-flight-for-6-hours/
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