Nightmare On The Runway As Plane Gets Delayed For Hours
This is officially my worst nightmare.
When you need to book a flight, you usually go for an airline you trust. Maybe one you’ve flown before and didn’t have any major issues with. Often people will pay a little more for such peace of mind.
On the other hand, those of us who buy tickets on the cheap know that we can’t really complain when something goes wrong in the tin can we chose to fly in. But when you pay for a ticket on a flight like Delta Airlines, you expect things to go smoothly. Well, that’s not what happened for passengers on Delta flight 555 in Las Vegas yesterday.
Nightmare on the runway.
The flight, which was bound for Atlanta, was delayed for over four hours on the runway at Harry Reid International Airport. While stuck on the tarmac, the temperatures gradually increased inside the cabin. Local weather apps show it was about 110 outside at 1:40pm, when the flight was scheduled to depart. The temperature inside the cabin rose to 111 degrees.
One passenger, Krista Garvin, gave an account of what she saw during this hellish four hours on board. She said that after two hours of the delay is when people started to get visibly ill, fox5vegas.com reported. Which included people looking faint, passing out, or throwing up on board. Garvin also reported that there were multiple first responders outside the plane, including ambulances and fire trucks.
What the airport had to say about the ordeal.
Harry Reid airport gave a statement about the event, only confirming the arrival of first responders. They didn’t give any explanation for the plane delay or the lack of temperature control inside, fox5vegas.com reported.
According to the same report, the airline gave passengers the opportunity to get off the plane, but warned them that there wouldn’t be another flight out to Atlanta for several days. After four hours of delay, Delta finally evacuated the passengers, some on stretchers. The airline offered a flight the following morning, but it ended up canceled as well.
Your Airplane Seatback Pocket Is Full Of Germs
Never Take Your Shoes Off on a Flight
Not only is it disgusting, but your feet swell while flying, so it’s going to be harder to put them back on while everyone is trying desperately to just get off the plane, and get home, or start their vacations.
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Size up your bag
Check your carry on bag’s dimensions at home and make sure they adhere to your airline’s limits. Remember, European carriers’ limits vary slightly from those in the U.S. Blame it on the metric system that we were supposed to learn the one Tuesday, 40 years ago, but never did.
Moisturize
Even on next-gen jets like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350, cabin humidity levels rarely top 20% (and are only around 8-10% on conventional aircraft). To avoid looking like a prune after your flight, pack a light moisturizer and apply it frequently.
When do you recline your seat?
Preferable only on longer flights, and only after food has been served (if there is food on your flight), so the person behind you can eat comfortably.
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Middle seat rule:
If you’re in the middle seat, flight attendants say YOU get both armrests. I mean, that’s the least you can do, aisle and window people!
– Wendy Rush, 96.3 KKLZ
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