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The weather forecast was less than ideal for the Delta Airlines flight that left Monday afternoon bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic, but no one aboard could have imagined just how bad things would get.
According to multiple news reports and tweets from the passengers themselves the four-hour flight turned into a 30-hour nightmare with two flight diversions caused by bad weather. At one point, the turbulence was so bad, one passenger told NBC that she thought the plane was going to break in half.
Ive never seen an air sick bag used before and many were, said Lauren Karasek, another passenger aboard the flight.
Delta apologized for the problems.
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BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)I was freaked out by that storm and I was on the ground. Can't believe they were flying in it.
malaise
(269,054 posts)Profits before safety - it's madness
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)They could have been off on a boat for a three-hour tour...
-- Mal