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Jan 21, 2019, 6:38 pm

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Originally Posted by Kacee

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the similar occurrence back in 2015. United Strands Hundreds in Remote Goose Bay for 20+ Hours That time, they did offload the pax into unheated barracks. But it took UA an inexplicably long time to come and get them that time, too.

good catch. I think they have the same people in charge of ops. And there's this oldie but goody: Passengers Abandoned in Cheyenne

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