Originally Posted by
Artagnan
It seems that AS 27 (JFK-SFO) on 11/24, operated by N938AK, sat on the tarmac at JFK for 5.5 hours before taking off (
link to FlightAware). This led to a flight time of just over 11 hours. Anyone have any idea what happened? It doesn't seem like other JFK-SFO flights had any real issues yesterday.
You mean AS15? AS27 arrived on time yesterday.
Mx (mechanical issue). Aircraft had returned to gate, which FlightAware is not shown, and had taken off hours later. Being out and taxing for 5+ hours would have resulted in some serious penalty.