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[The Straight Story]

Passengers Wait 10 Hours On Orlando Flight
Winter Storm Freezes Plane In Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- AirTran Airways is apologizing to Orlando-bound passengers who were held up more than 10 hours trying to escape Wednesday's winter storm in Ohio.

Travelers in Columbus boarded Flight 373 for Orlando at a little before 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Passengers said it took more than four hours for the plane to push out of the snow at the gate. Deicing the plane wouldn't work as freezing rain and snow fell.

Passenger Tiara Berger said people were allowed off the plane at lunchtime, then got back on board and sat for several more hours until AirTran gave up on the deicing and brought in another plane.

The flight finally departed around 5:45 p.m.

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