28 hour transatlantic flight

"AJC" <ajc@wxs.nl> schreef in bericht
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> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> A 10-hour flight from the Netherlands stretched into 28 as passengers
> diverted from landing at Sea-Tac Airport by fog sat on the ground in
> Moses Lake, stuck on the plane because of customs regulations.

Are they crazy??

Jezus, as if the plane was carrying Osama and Saddam and 298 of their
friends.

Just get the passengers off the plane, take their passports and get them
into a nearby hotel. That's how it is done in civilised countries.

Sjoerd

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 15:59:05 +0100, "Sjoerd"
<sjoerdhahahaha@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>
>"AJC" <ajc@wxs.nl> schreef in bericht
>news:t6v7t01thjofa0d19j8825buhddjm9s910@.. .
>> THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>>
>> A 10-hour flight from the Netherlands stretched into 28 as passengers
>> diverted from landing at Sea-Tac Airport by fog sat on the ground in
>> Moses Lake, stuck on the plane because of customs regulations.
>
>Are they crazy??
>

No, just....

>Jezus, as if the plane was carrying Osama and Saddam and 298 of their
>friends.
>

And they knew it wasn't because all pax had been through regular
security plus the special US interview at AMS, and all pax details had
been given to the US before the plane departed.

>Just get the passengers off the plane, take their passports and get them
>into a nearby hotel. That's how it is done in civilised countries.
>

....well I think you've answered your own question in that last
sentence!


>Sjoerd
>

--==++AJC++==--

AJC wrote:

> A 10-hour flight from the Netherlands stretched into 28 as
> passengers diverted from landing at Sea-Tac Airport by fog
> sat on the ground in Moses Lake, stuck on the plane because
> of customs regulations.

Diverting them to Vancouver wasn't an option?

> It's my understanding that Vancouver also had fog that day.
> Scott

Many years ago I was on a direct BA flight travelling LHR to YVR. YVR was
fogged in. SEA was also fogged in. I ended up in SFO for a day.

Cheers, Howard