Originally Posted by
henkybaby
I read it as: inbound was delayed and flight boarded 2:20 late. Then a passenger got sick and the captain decided he needed to be offloaded, resulting in the delay being pushed beyond the 3hr limit.
Yes, that is correct. I have no issue with the decision of the Captain to offload a sick passenger, rather that than a diversion to somewhere en-route.
Thank you CWS, I think I'm with you on this. Mrs.N is insistent that we claim, I'm just glad we got back and didn't spend 2 hours in Spain or Portugal for some poor unfortunate to be met by Paramedics.