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12/4 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060103/od_nm/germany_airport_dc German passengers filed "false imprisonment" after plane delay. \_ 7+ hours stuck in a cramped airplane. I'd call that bullshit. At least let the passengers back into the airport lounge. \_ I'm convinced that this is the *only* reason they have that "no cell phone use" rule on planes. It keeps people from calling lawyers and cops in these situations. \_ Yeah, except that the FAA counts an "on time" departure if the plane is away from the terminal even if you sit on the tarmac for hours. Which is probably why the pilot didn't want to return to the terminal. \_ or more specifically, when the aircraft door closes - this timestamps the departure. When aircraft door reopens at destination, this is the official arrival time. Going back to the subject, why can't they just cancel the damn flight? \_ My wife and I got stuck on a plane in London for 6 hours after they found the wingflaps faulty. They said they couldn't allow the passengers back in the terminal because we had cleared customs. On the plus side, they said we were clear to enjoy any duty free goods because we had technically "left the country" (the plane actually took off, flew for 30 minutes, and then returned to London when the faulty equipment was discovered.) when the faulty equipment was discovered.) -bz \_ We were stuck in a plane on the runway for 6 hours (once we got off the ground it was a 6 hour flight) I'm never flying through Newark again. --dbushong \_ There was a case sometime in the last 5 years of a plane being stuck on the runway for more than 10 hours, maybe as much as 20 (I forget the exact incident.) -John |
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| news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060103/od_nm/germany_airport_dc Reuters Angry passengers sue after plane delay Tue Jan 3,12:38 PM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - Six German airline passengers who said they were being held against their will on an aircraft stuck on the runway for hours during a snowstorm have filed "false imprisonment" charges, German police said Saturday. The passengers filed charges against the pilot of a British Airways Berlin-London flight that sat on the runway for seven hours before it could take off, a federal police spokesman said. Passengers boarded the plane at Berlin's Tegel airport at 7 am Thursday, but snow and ice delayed their takeoff. At 11:30 am a man named Ingo Q called a police emergency hotline on his cell phone and said he felt as if he was being "held hostage," the tabloid Bild reported Saturday. Police boarded the plane and Ingo Q ran forward and screamed "I want to get out of here." But only three people who only had hand luggage were allowed to leave the plane. Shortly after noon, Ingo Q told police again that he wanted to leave the aircraft, still waiting on the snow-covered runway. Ingo, his wife and another couple from Biesdorf near Berlin were allowed off the plane at 12:48 pm, and it finally took off at 2:36 pm, seven hours late, Bild said. The Berlin police spokesman said it was an unusual incident. It's difficult to say whether the passengers are allowed off or not. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. |