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Old Dec 11, 2013 | 8:38 pm
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Originally Posted by greenskin
Currently waiting for UA3375, ORD-GRR, which shows as "delayed - awaiting inbound aircraft." The plane, however is at the gate. United.com shows that we were waiting for an aircraft from SGF that arrived 45 minutes ago, 5 minutes late to the gate.
I have been on a plane, fully-boarded 10 minutes before departure. They had everyone deplane, explaining it was mechanical, but then the boards said that the flight was delayed due to late inbound aircraft. Seems to be the standard delay explanation no matter the facts.
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