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Some Passengers Fainted While Stuck On Tarmac In Delta Flight
Some Passengers Fainted While Stuck On Tarmac In Delta Flight-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:13:48

Delta planes on the tarmac at Terminal C of LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Friday, June 2, 2023. Delta Air Lines Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 13.

A heat wave is striking several regions around the world, including a swath of the United States from to Southern California. Phoenix, Arizona, has had 19 straight days with a daily high temperature of over 110 degrees. The heat has been just as unrelenting 250 miles northwest in Las Vegas, Nevada. Yesterday, passengers on a flight were stuck inside their plane on the tarmac in Vegas for four hours.

The ill-fated Delta flight was scheduled to fly to Atlanta on Monday morning. Passengers on the aircraft waited to depart in 111-degree heat with multiple people passed out with some vomited. The pilot was asked to return to the gate due to the number of emergencies onboard. Paramedics boarded the plane to attend to the heat-stricken and several people were stretchered off.

Passengers were informed that they could choose to disembark and return to the terminal but warned that it could be days before the next Delta flight to Atlanta. Many elected to remain on board and the situation worsened as hours passed and emergency service vehicles surrounded the plane. The flight was eventually rescheduled to Tuesday morning and then canceled.

Delta Air Lines released a statement after the incident, reading:

“We apologize for the experience our customers had on flight 555 from Las Vegas to Atlanta on July 17, which ultimately resulted in a flight cancelation. Delta teams are looking into the circumstances that led to uncomfortable temperatures inside the cabin and we appreciate the efforts of our people and first responders at Harry Reid International.”

I hope the investigation into why a metal tube was baking in record-breaking heat would be quick and easy because those passengers endured a living hell.

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