the tarmac for hours on end. it s every travelers worst nightmare. no food, no water, screaming babies and frustrated passengers breaking down in tears. not just on one flight, but four. all at new york s john f. kennedy international airport. all without gates to let their passengers off the plane. two flights one stranded for a punishing 11 hours. a british airways flight, stranded seven hours and an air aeromexico flight stuck. no one seems to know but everyone is pointing fingers. the port authority overseas kennedy which is a major hub for air travelers from around the country and around the world. the port authority claims the airlines are to blame, quote, the reason for the delay is because the airlines brought in the planes without checking with terminal operations to see if there was a place to put them. it is an airline s responsibility to contact the terminal before bringing in flights and they did not.
stranded for a punishing 11 hours. a british airways flight, stranded seven hours and an air aeromexico flight stuck for six hours. why? no one seems to know but everyone is pointing fingers. the port authority overseas kennedy which is a major hub for air travelers from around the country and around the world. the port authority claims the airlines are to blame, quote, the reason for the delay is because the airlines brought in the planes without checking with terminal operations to see if there was a place to put them. it is an airline s responsibility to contact the terminal before bringing in flights and they did not. but cathay pacific isn t buying it. its spokesperson says the airline s intention was to, quote, get passengers as quickly to new york as possible and we anticipated having gate space available. so if it s not the airport s fault, who is it? try u.s. customs, noting each of the stranded planes was an international flight, the port authority suggests on the midnight sh
aeromexico flight stuck. no one seems to know but everyone is pointing fingers. the port authority overseas kennedy which is a major hub for air travelers from around the country and around the world. the port authority claims the airlines are to blame, quote, the reason for the delay is because the airlines brought in the planes without checking with terminal operations to see if there was a place to put them. it is an airline s responsibility to contact the terminal before bringing in flights and they did not. but cafe pacific isn t buying it, its spokesperson says the airline s intention was to say, getting to new york as quickly as possible and we anticipated to have gate space available. so if it s not the airport s fault, who is it? try u.s. customs, noting each of the stranded planes was an international flight, the port authority suggests on the midnight shift there may have been too few officers on duty to clear the passengers through customs. of course a customs spokesperson
the port authority overseas kennedy which is a major hub for air travelers from around the country and around the world. the port authority claims the airlines are to blame, quote, the reason for the delay is because the airlines brought in the planes without checking with terminal operations to see if there was a place to put them. it is an airline s responsibility to contact the terminal before bringing in flights and they did not. but cathay pacific isn t buying it, its spokesperson says the airline s intention was to say, getting to new york as quickly as possible and we anticipated to have gate space available. so if it s not the airport s fault, who is it? try u.s. customs, noting each of the stranded planes was an international flight, the port authority suggests on the midnight shift there may have been too few officers on duty to clear the passengers through customs. of course a customs spokesperson insists that it wasn t them. a spokesperson saying at no point were customs of