Airline Delays

2007/08/15
- U.S. Airlines forced to return to gate after passengers refuse to wait longer than 2 hours
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    - Note: Way too many commercials, and too little news....
2007/08/14
- Irate passengers threaten to sue - http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/irate-airline-passengers-threaten-to-sue/20070814133609990001
  - Because of bad weather, Continental's July 19 Flight 1669 from Caracas, Venezuela, to Newark, N.J., was diverted to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, where it landed at 1:50 p.m. Passengers said after sitting on the grounded plane for hours, they began protesting by banging on overhead compartments, clapping their hands and even signing a petition asking to be let off.
  - At 6:30 p.m., homeland security officers finally allowed passengers to exit the plane, but their troubles didn't end. The officers led them into a room, where they were held for two additional hours.
    - "We were removed from the plane and were forced to walk single file against the wall, flanked by armed officers one of whom had an attack dog," passenber Caroline Murray said.
  - On the other side of the country, another travel nightmare stranded more than 17,000 international travelers this weekend because of a computer outage at Los Angeles airport..