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Old Jan 20, 2019, 1:04 pm
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The passengers on this same flight for the previous days spent even longer stuck on the plane - over 15 hours on each day!!

(OK, so they made it to their destination in that time, but still...)

Originally Posted by prestonh
so when they are cruising at FL 35 and the air temp is -30-40C the latches are OK?
Frozen latches at 35,000 feet would seem to be more of a positive than a negative to me...
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