Originally Posted by hkskyline

Looking at the circumstances and length of delay, I would find it hard to argue in court to enforce the letter of the law and that CA is liable because of the "delay" under the following :

IN THE EVENT A PASSENGER MISSES AN ONWARD CONNECTING
FLIGHT ON WHICH SPACE HAS BEEN RESERVED BECAUSE THE
DELIVERING CARRIER DID NOT OPERATE ITS FLIGHT ACCORDING
TO SCHEDULE OR CHANGED THE SCHEDULE OF SUCH FLIGHT

I think there would be more sympathy if the delay was 3 hours rather than measured in minutes.