Two major US airlines ordered to pay large fines for keeping passengers waiting in planes on tarmacs for more hours than allowed under federal rules.
A passenger walks past a Delta Airlines 747 aircraft in McNamara Terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan on Jan. 21, 2010.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Two major U.S. airlines were ordered to pay large fines Thursday for keeping passengers waiting in planes on tarmacs for more hours than allowed under federal rules.
American told the agency in a statement included in the DOT report that"it takes very seriously its responsibility to comply with all of the Department’s requirements" but also tries to get travelers to their intended destination rather than deplane them at the diverted location. Seven flights were left on the tarmac for longer than three hours in January 2017 due to a systems outage at an Atlanta airport. In December of that year, one Delta flight was left on the tarmac in Atlanta for nearly four hours.
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