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Old Jan 22, 2019, 5:40 pm
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Originally Posted by prestonh
it took ~12 hrs. from when the diverted flight landed for the rescue flight to get airborne. That had nothing to do with customs. UA doesn't have a very good diversion recovery plan. Stranded pax are not a priority for them, revenue pax are.
These are also revenue passengers. You think all 330 people onboard were nonrev?
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