All
← Back to Squawk list
Passengers Stranded on Airplane for 7 Hours After De-Icing Trucks Run Out of Fuel
On January 15, an American Airlines flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Nashville International Airport (BNA) was stuck on the ramp for over eight hours. American Airlines flight 4275 (AA 4275) departed DCA at 10:52 a.m. and landed shortly before 2:00 p.m. local time. However, passengers onboard could not leave the plane until approximately 10:00 p.m. local time. (aeroxplorer.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The problem is that THEY DON'T CARE the passengers were on the plane for 8 hours...till professing apologies afterwards - that's easy. A chaotic situation for sure, but 8 hours is way past unacceptable. I don't believe that airstairs could not be found after the 1st one or two hours.
Another reason to keep them old airstairs around perhaps unless they’d need de-icing as well or are they a convenient scapegoat for addressing or not addressing what really ails?
This won’t be the first story regarding bad weather nor the last .
We have not heard from the FAA investigators issuing a statement.
The story is incomplete. It leaves us wondering what is behind the scenes.
Eventually 7 hours is enough flight time to reach another destination overseas.
Operations , the tower and ramp management had a role in this decision making as well.
To be stuck on an airplane for 7 hours is not acceptable believe me even the Crew members do not want to be facing this unnecessary delay and situation.
Other passengers waiting for another destination would be affected as well.
It’s basically telling us fight AA4275 was on the Ramp for 7 hours “ apparently due to a dueling truck that run out of gas ?” Others say : the valves froze ?
I personally think it’s the decision making that has frozen .
The passengers should have been taken off that Aircraft within one hour or as soon as possible.
Hopefully passengers would be reasonably and fairly compensated.
We have not heard from the FAA investigators issuing a statement.
The story is incomplete. It leaves us wondering what is behind the scenes.
Eventually 7 hours is enough flight time to reach another destination overseas.
Operations , the tower and ramp management had a role in this decision making as well.
To be stuck on an airplane for 7 hours is not acceptable believe me even the Crew members do not want to be facing this unnecessary delay and situation.
Other passengers waiting for another destination would be affected as well.
It’s basically telling us fight AA4275 was on the Ramp for 7 hours “ apparently due to a dueling truck that run out of gas ?” Others say : the valves froze ?
I personally think it’s the decision making that has frozen .
The passengers should have been taken off that Aircraft within one hour or as soon as possible.
Hopefully passengers would be reasonably and fairly compensated.
There needs to be a clear and published maximum time that customers can be held without overt progress to takeoff. I hope some passengers wrote their national political representatives.
There are. Btw this flight had already taken off, flown its route and landed at the destination.
But this particular flight had already *landed* and did not need to be de-iced. Why were passengers not allowed to disembark? All the gates were full?
Why is this limitation *not* written into the Rules of Carriage?
…er, no, I think I got it now. *Because it's NOT written into the Rules of Carriage* is the reason they're able to get away with it and not have to pay for it. Ahh, now I see.
…er, no, I think I got it now. *Because it's NOT written into the Rules of Carriage* is the reason they're able to get away with it and not have to pay for it. Ahh, now I see.