Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: stranded passengers

stranded passengers stories: 7 news summaries

'Imprisoned' Cruise Ship Passengers Threaten Revolt

Passengers trapped on board after repairs delay round-the-word voyage

Mar 30, 09 3:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Furious British cruise ship passengers on a $12,000 around-the-world voyage threatened mutiny yesterday unless they're allowed to disembark to visit ports. Some 600 passengers on the Aurora have only been allowed to visit three cities in 22 days after the 76,000-ton ship was held up for repairs. Passengers,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
protests • sailing • Britain • cruise ships • protesters • stranded passengers

Manners Killed Titanic's Brits as Yanks Fled: Study

British were more likely to line up for lifeboats, researcher contends

Jan 21, 09 4:12 PM CST
(Newser) - British passengers aboard the Titanic were most likely to die because their sense of propriety inclined them to line up for lifeboats while Americans elbowed past to save themselves, claims an Australian researcher who is studying how people react in life-threatening disasters. Americans were 8.5% more likely than other... More »

MORE ABOUT:
British • culture • psychology • Americans • Titanic • altruism • stranded passengers

 Outage Strands 173 on 
 Singapore Ferris Wheel 

545-foot-tall ride is world's largest; no serious injuries reported

Dec 23, 08 4:15 PM CST
(Newser) - 173 passengers on the world’s largest observation wheel were stuck for 6 hours today when a fire caused the Singapore Flyer to lose power, AFP reports. 10 of the stranded sightseers were lowered to safety in harnesses, while the rest waited for electricity to return. Its manager said some... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Singapore • rescue • power outage • attraction • stranded passengers • observation wheel • Singapore Flyer

Airport Overnights Take Off
as Hotel Vouchers Vanish

Hotel vouchers have been lost in transit

Jul 15, 08 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stranded passengers are finding ways to settle in for the night at airport terminals as hotel vouchers become a thing of the past in the cash-strapped airline business, the New York Times reports. Frequent fliers advise terminal sleepers to bring something soft to sleep on and to stock up on... More »

MORE ABOUT:
airport • airline delays • airline passengers • airport terminal • stranded passengers • airlines

 Flight Grounded
 Over Irate Passengers 

Passenger boos too much for one American Airlines flight crew

Jul 8, 08 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The passengers of an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York on Sunday night probably thought the worst was over when their flight crew finally arrived at the gate an hour late. But angry passengers greeted them with boos and, according to some accounts,  obscenities. The crew responded... More »

MORE ABOUT:
airline industry • JFK Airport • airline • American Airlines • airport • LaGuardia Airport • airline passengers • stranded passengers • air rage

 Thousands Stuck
 as Asian Budget Airline Folds

Hong Kong airline becomes 4th carrier to go bust this month

Apr 9, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of passengers have been stranded in Hong Kong, London, and Vancouver with the collapse of Asian budget airline Oasis, the New York Times reports. In a sign that the industry's woes are spreading rapidly, the Hong Kong-based airline joins three US budget carriers to have gone under this month... More »

MORE ABOUT:
bankruptcy • airline industry • Hong Kong • Skybus • airline • gas prices • Aloha Airlines • ATA • budget airlines • Oasis • airline passengers • stranded passengers

 Chaos Continues at Heathrow 

Hundreds of volunteer staffers work to sort out baggage crisis

Mar 31, 08 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of volunteer British Airways staffers spent their day off yesterday helping to return some of the 15,000 pieces of luggage lost when the state-of-the-art baggage system failed at the airline's new terminal at London's Heathrow airport last week. Scores of tech specialists have also been deployed to fix... More »

MORE ABOUT:
luggage • British Airways • Alitalia • Heathrow Airport • flight cancellation • T5 • IT • baggage handling • soft launch • Air France • stranded passengers • Open Skies Agreement • chaos • Terminal 5

7 Stories


from our news partners