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Old May 24, 2017, 10:12 pm
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jsloan
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Originally Posted by getrandom
Saw this on the local news tonight. Passengers apparently had to wait several hours on FAA clearance to return to gate and deplane: http://kxan.com/2017/05/24/united-am...ustin-airport/
Flight status is showing as "Canceled due to aircraft maintenance." Yeah, I guess so. Glad everyone seems to be OK.

Something doesn't quite add up in the report -- they're claiming that the UA flight was taxiing from gate 19 when the AA flight was pulling into 17. 17 & 19 are adjacent, but 19 isn't a UA gate (flight status shows it operating from 24, which is a mixed-use gate that UA frequently uses). It would be unusual for a UA plane to be anywhere near gate 17 or 19.
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