Airline Apologizes After Passengers Spend 6 Hours on NY Tarmac

The incident occurred this week at Albany International Airport with passengers chanting “let us off”.

yahoo! news reports that Allegiant flight 848 had left the gate for deicing behind schedule, before a planned three-hour journey from New York to Punta Gorda, Florida. when the flight was forced to return to the gate once crew members “timed out” and reached their legal limit for time flown in 24 hours.

Passengers onboard an Allegiant Air flight chanted “let us off” after being stranded on the tarmac at Albany International Airport for six hours on Monday, Feb, 17. Flight 848 had been scheduled to board from 12.15pm. Those on board said the aircraft switched between three to four gates before passengers entered the cabin at around 3.30pm…

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