Travel nightmare: passengers spend 30 hours getting from Boston to LA
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On Saturday, Alaska flight 1367 from Boston Logan to Los Angeles International Airport was scheduled to depart at 6:00 p.m. This time came and went, with the plane still parked on the ground, while passengers waited in a hot cabin. They were finally in the air about two hours after scheduled departure.
But that was just the beginning of the misadventure. Just an hour and a half into the flight, the scent of burning electronics in the cabin forced the plane to divert. It landed in Buffalo, NY where Alaska Airlines doesn’t have any ground staff. Passengers were given few updates through the night as they waited and waited with little food and little to no sleep. Eventually, Alaska Airlines flew them all back to Boston,…
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