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Passengers stuck on United flight in frigid cold for more than 14 hours [View all]
Source: CNN
Passengers stuck on United flight in frigid cold for more than 14 hours
By Eric Levenson, Amanda Jackson and Alta Spells, CNN
Updated 2255 GMT (0655 HKT) January 20, 2019
(CNN) — Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Hong Kong were left stuck on the ground for more than 14 hours in frigid weather with a dwindling supply of food.
The nightmarish incident began when the 3:05 p.m. flight was diverted to the Goose Bay Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, due to a medical emergency. The plane landed there at 9:31 p.m. AST, and medical personnel met the aircraft and a passenger was taken to a local hospital.
But as the flight was set to take off again, it experienced a mechanical issue.
That's when the waiting began.
Passengers were not allowed to leave the airplane because the Goose Bay Airport did not have a customs officer on duty during the overnight hours. Saturday bled into Sunday, and still the flight remained grounded.
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By Eric Levenson, Amanda Jackson and Alta Spells, CNN
Updated 2255 GMT (0655 HKT) January 20, 2019
(CNN) — Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Hong Kong were left stuck on the ground for more than 14 hours in frigid weather with a dwindling supply of food.
The nightmarish incident began when the 3:05 p.m. flight was diverted to the Goose Bay Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, due to a medical emergency. The plane landed there at 9:31 p.m. AST, and medical personnel met the aircraft and a passenger was taken to a local hospital.
But as the flight was set to take off again, it experienced a mechanical issue.
That's when the waiting began.
Passengers were not allowed to leave the airplane because the Goose Bay Airport did not have a customs officer on duty during the overnight hours. Saturday bled into Sunday, and still the flight remained grounded.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/20/us/united-flight-canada-grounded/index.html
A United flight from Newark to Hong Kong was diverted to Goose Bay, Canada. And then it sat in the cold for hours and hours.
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