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Theyre telling us that theyre starting slowly to unload these places. There are five sets of those. So its very slow and were pretty far back in the line. Its going to be at least two hours. He also says he doesnt know whats going to happen to us once were deplaned, where well go in the airport and what resources will be available to us. He said it will take a number of days before things get back to normal. Were in it for the long haul. Weve totally run out of water. Theyve asked us kindly not to flush the toilets. Otherwise everyone seems to be in a relative calm. They gave us beverages about an hour ago and were just waiting. Wow. It doesnt sound good. How long have you been stuck there . We landed at 2 15. So about five hours. Wow. And the pilot is telling you it could be two hours more before you can get off. Did you hear what led to this . Reporter its unclear to us. Its a construction issue. As far as we know theres no power at the airport. Lucky for us. People are stuck in tram
the list, along with new york s kennedy and laguardia. i think it is confusing. we all need to be on the same page. reporter: the airport s mask rule no longer applies the moment you board. about to go down the jet way. another change in policy. we re leaving where masks are required. now we re getting on the plane where the mask mandate is over. i can take it off. reporter: once seated expeditionary decide to wear a mask. the 32-minute flight to d.c. is fulfill it is a new era for travel now governed by personal choice and a pax work of rules. here at reagan national airport where we landed, no mask is required. the point is it is getting harder and harder to know local mask rules. in philadelphia airport, they just told us the mask rules there are loosening up where at l.a.x., the mask rules are getting tighter. you can still wear it if you want to.
could happen. cnn s pete muntean joins us now. how is american airlines explaining how this person gained access to the cockpit? reporter: well, jim, some pretty big questions here about how he got into the cockpit. you know, this all took place during boarding, american airlines says. it was on the ramp in honduras, going from honduras to miami. and american says this all happened as the passenger came down the jet way, then stormed the cockpit. the door was open during that time, and we have heard from american airlines that this passenger did damage some equipment inside the flight deck. more on that in a second. you see in the video here. from a passenger, in the terminal, of this man hanging out of the flight deck window. you can slide that open in a 737, it can be used in an emergency, used to ventilate the cockpit, pilots can get down using a rope, it is a long way down and this passenger did not jump, but he was arrested.