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Thu Feb 18, 2016, 10:06 AM Feb 2016

Four-hour flight turns into 30-hour nightmare for Delta passengers

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.

“I’ve 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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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/02/18/four-hour-flight-turns-into-30-hour-nightmare-for-delta-passengers/?tid=sm_tw

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Four-hour flight turns into 30-hour nightmare for Delta passengers (Original Post) n2doc Feb 2016 OP
Wow BeyondGeography Feb 2016 #1
Same crap with the cruise ships malaise Feb 2016 #2
Could have been worse. malthaussen Feb 2016 #3
A three-hour tour sounds marvelous. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #4
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