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Passenger Complains of 3-Hour Wait on 100° Plane

He films it all on his phone

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 27, 2010 1:36 PM CDT

(Newser) – Ever had to sit on the tarmac waiting for your plane to take off for three hours? Sucks right? Now imagine you’re in Arizona on a hundred-degree day and there’s no air conditioning on the plane. That’s what happened to Tony Morales on Sunday at Sky Harbor Airport, and he retaliated by filming the entire thing on his phone video camera, Fox 10 in Phoenix reports.

“Here, watch,” he says in the video, as he sweeps torrents of water over his face. “That’s all the sweat just from my forehead.” The passengers couldn’t even have a drink, he said, “because apparently they can’t move the water carts until we’re back at the gate.” Eventually, the passengers deplaned, and Morales switched to a different airline. Delta has apologized, offering a $100 voucher, but disputes his timeline, saying the passengers spent less than two hours on the tarmac.

In this file photo made June 7, 2010, a Delta Airlines Inc. plane sits on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.
In this file photo made June 7, 2010, a Delta Airlines Inc. plane sits on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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COMMENTS
Showing 3 of 17 comments
slammer
Jul 28, 2010 1:45 AM CDT
$100? DELTA IS CHEAP ASS
finkster
Jul 27, 2010 4:21 PM CDT
"The Ballard of the Tony Delay" The mate was a mighty steward man, The pilot brave and sure. All the passengers were set to fly that day Got stuck on a three hour delay tour, a three hour delay tour.
JoeQ
Jul 27, 2010 3:34 PM CDT
Flying on airlines mostly sucks, and it isn't getting any better.
 

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