New reason for flight delay
Sep 28, 2010, 6:53 pm
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New reason for flight delay
So, I'm sitting on the plane in CLT and we are delayed a bit. Looking out the window, we saw a bunch of firetrucks and such. It turns out something happened with a wire near one of the runways and started a brush fire, closing the runway. That's definitely a new one or me. At least the captain was kind enough to explain the situation an allow us to use portable electronics.
I think I'll have to write a letter and ask for compensation
I think I'll have to write a letter and ask for compensation
Sep 28, 2010, 7:53 pm
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I was coming home from somewhere in the Caribbean a few years back and we got delayed due to a herd of goats that had found their way through a hole in the fence and wandered out into the Tarmac. Too bad that was in the pre-cellphone days or I'd have had a great video for Youtube!
Sep 28, 2010, 8:11 pm
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Was there a meal on that flight?
Sep 28, 2010, 8:14 pm
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So, I'm sitting on the plane in CLT and we are delayed a bit. Looking out the window, we saw a bunch of firetrucks and such. It turns out something happened with a wire near one of the runways and started a brush fire, closing the runway. That's definitely a new one or me. At least the captain was kind enough to explain the situation an allow us to use portable electronics.
I think I'll have to write a letter and ask for compensation
I think I'll have to write a letter and ask for compensation
Sep 28, 2010, 8:29 pm
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Sep 28, 2010, 9:10 pm
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My fav still is a PHX GDL flt cxld due to chickens on the runway. A truck that was either delivering or picking up about 5,00 chickens overturned on the ramp and the chickens escaped.
Sep 29, 2010, 1:42 am
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Crazy Delay Reason
This was not on US. I had a meeting in Dallas so had to fly AA (not much choice SAT-DFW). Flying back on a totally full flight, we board and sit there for 30-45 minutes or so before the flight attendant comes on and lets us know that the captain was bitten by a cat before he boarded the plane and had to be taken to the hospital so we are waiting for a new captain...
Sep 29, 2010, 12:29 pm
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Mine was this past winter. We stopped for about 10 minutes just after power-up and moving forward away from the terminal, and the captain finally gets on to tell us [paraphrased], "ladies and gentlemen, you're in one of our newest and most technologically advanced planes, with an experienced crew and we'll make sure to use every resource to get you to your desitnation safely and on time. But right now we can't move forward because someone left a $0.50 can of soda in our path and they won't let us proceed until someone can come out and pick it up."
Sep 29, 2010, 1:00 pm
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Mine was Cusco to Lima where the airport shut down for the day because striking teachers were burning tires at the end of the runway to protest low salaries.