Flight From Hell: Passengers Land In Stockton 17 Hours After Taking Off From Las Vegas

[marmar]

STOCKTON (CBS13) – For passengers on Allegiant Airlines flight 161, an hour-long flight turned into a 17-hour journey.

“It was absolutely horrible,” said Jade Watts, who was flying from Vegas to Stockton.

The flight was scheduled to arrive at Stockton Metropolitan Airport on Monday night at 9:30 p.m. They got in on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Here’s what happened.

“The pilot comes on and says the control tower is closed,” said Watts. ........(more)

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/07/14/las-vegas-stockton-flight-allegiant/

[BigmanPigman]

1. I waited on the tarmac at JFK in NYC for 4 hours.

This was in 2005 and this was still allowed. Afterwards they made a law that this was not allowed. There was a line waiting to take off, there were no weather problems. We couldn't use the bathroom either. No $$$ reimbursement or help with missed connecting flights. The airlines are terrible, greedy businesses. They got away with tons of shit and still do.

When I was growing up flying was so much fun and such a special experience. Now they all suck. No body I know who travels a lot ever has anything positive to say about their trips on planes.

[BigmanPigman]

5. And I was about the only passenger who

actually liked the food on planes...it was a different experience.

[Skittles]

7. I didn't mind the food either

I think there are just a lot of food snobs around.

[Hamlette]

4. My mother spent 3 days and nights snowed in at the Seattle airport with 2 kids in diapers.

In fact, I was not only in diapers but a full body cast. She was flying from Alaska to Salt Lake. When the plane landed one of the stewardesses went out to look for my aunts telling them to come on to the plane and help my mom off as she was unable to move!

She didn't have her luggage and this was before disposable diapers so you do the math. Poor thing.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Allegiant Airlines has a gate at Sacramento International, a whopping fifty miles away

Or was this Podunk airline's facility in Sacramento un-staffed?

[oasis]

9. "Oh Lord Stuck in Lodi Again"