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Vendaval -> "Passengers stuck on grounded planes tell horror stories" (3/17/2007 6:52:56 PM)
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"Passengers stuck on grounded planes tell horror stories"
NEW YORK (AP) -- " Hundreds passengers were stranded for hours overnight on airliners that couldn't take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport because of the ice and snow storm that pummeled the Northeast.
The exact number of planes stuck on the tarmac was unclear, but irate passengers reported that the problems affected several airlines. Pilots and officials blamed some of the problems on a shortage of deicing fluid and a new federal regulation giving pilots a narrow window to get their planes in the air once the chemicals are applied. The change has meant some jets need to get doused repeatedly if their takeoffs are delayed."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/03/17/stranded.flights.ap/index.html
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