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Old Feb 26, 2019, 3:50 pm
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Originally Posted by IWontRegretThis
They were aparently kept on the plane for just about ~4hr, with no food or drink distributed in y or J (GF was in J); or any information given by the pilots/crew the entire time besides the original mech anouncment.
Those are interesting observations. I'm not sure that the U.S. DOT's duty of care provisions (drink and food) after a two hour delay are sidestepped because of an international diversion.

Absence of updates regarding length of delay can also run into DOT rules.
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