Unruly Pax Forces AA 86 ORD-LHR To Land YQX / Gander
Feb 16, 2014, 12:34 pm
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Unruly Passenger Forces Plane To Land: American Airlines Flight Bound For London Dive
From Huff Post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4797066.html
GANDER, Newfoundland (AP) — An American Airlines official says a London-bound flight from Chicago had to land in eastern Canada so that an unruly passenger could be kicked off the plane.
From Flightaware:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...359Z/KORD/EGLL
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/0...n_4797066.html
GANDER, Newfoundland (AP) — An American Airlines official says a London-bound flight from Chicago had to land in eastern Canada so that an unruly passenger could be kicked off the plane.
From Flightaware:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/A...359Z/KORD/EGLL
Last edited by JDiver; Feb 21, 2014 at 1:47 pm Reason: restore original post title
Feb 16, 2014, 3:49 pm
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Why did it take them close to two hours on the ground at Gander to offload the guy and refuel? It was planned to only be a half hour?
Feb 16, 2014, 8:01 pm
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It took us two hours also.
Feb 16, 2014, 9:03 pm
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As this pertains to the pre-merger American Airlines, it is being moved to that forum.
As noted in the Welcome to the New American Airlines Forum! PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING, questions and information pertaining to the existing AA or US operations should go in those forums as it will be quite some time before the two entities operate as a single airline.
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Feb 17, 2014, 8:23 pm
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The person boarded in one country enroute for another, with, presumably, a passport from...somewhere. But being admitted to Canada was never part of the deal. The carrier brought the person to Canada and is probably on the hook for getting them back - unless the problem was bad enough to require prosecution. Then comes the question of who prosecutes? There are laws in both US and Canada that could allow prosecution in either country, but it has to be worked out.
Two hours, including refueling, immigration, multi-agency/Multi-country repatriation and prosecution discussions, custody arrangements....yeah, probably about right.
Feb 17, 2014, 8:45 pm
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Speaking of unruly, the thread title needs an edit.
Feb 21, 2014, 1:40 pm
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Unruly American Airlines passenger sentenced in Gander
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...nder-1.2546556
Judge Bruce Short sentenced Olson to pay almost $48,000 US to cover the cost to American Airlines for the flight stopover.
Short also handed down a $10,000 Cdn fine to Olson, along with a year's probation with the condition not to drink alcohol.
Olson said he has to travel internationally for his job with a computer company, and didn't know how he would repay the money if he lost his job.
Short gave Olson five years to pay the fines.
Short also handed down a $10,000 Cdn fine to Olson, along with a year's probation with the condition not to drink alcohol.
Olson said he has to travel internationally for his job with a computer company, and didn't know how he would repay the money if he lost his job.
Short gave Olson five years to pay the fines.
Feb 21, 2014, 1:49 pm
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Sounds fair to me. I hope he joins "the other AA" as a frequent member.
Unruly American Airlines passenger sentenced in Gander
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...nder-1.2546556
Unruly American Airlines passenger sentenced in Gander
Judge Bruce Short sentenced Olson to pay almost $48,000 US to cover the cost to American Airlines for the flight stopover.
Short also handed down a $10,000 Cdn fine to Olson, along with a year's probation with the condition not to drink alcohol.
Olson said he has to travel internationally for his job with a computer company, and didn't know how he would repay the money if he lost his job.
Short gave Olson five years to pay the fines.
Short also handed down a $10,000 Cdn fine to Olson, along with a year's probation with the condition not to drink alcohol.
Olson said he has to travel internationally for his job with a computer company, and didn't know how he would repay the money if he lost his job.
Short gave Olson five years to pay the fines.
Feb 21, 2014, 1:51 pm
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