And the lawsuits have started
Syracuse, NY -- JetBlue is being sued in Syracuse by passengers who got stuck on a tarmac in Connecticut while flying to New York City and New Jersey during a snowstorm that socked in much of the East Coast in late October.
The suit is filed here because the United State District Court for the Northern District of New York is a bit less congested than some others, said Peter Cambs, of Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, which filed the suit. Cambs said the suit could be filed anywhere JetBlue does business.
JetBlue landed six planes at Bradley International Airport, outside Hartford, Conn., during the storm, according to the lawsuit. Passengers were stuck on the plane for more than seven hours, as water and food supplies ran out, toilets failed and "rolling power outages" left passengers in the dark, the lawsuit says.
One of the plaintiffs "suffers from anxiety, depression and claustrophobia," the lawsuit says. She was unable to get to anti-anxiety and anti-depression medications which were in her stowed luggage.