Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 03.18.08 | 2:39 PM ET
The roughly 400 passengers were stuck on a plane at Charles de Gaulle Airport due to a fuel leak and engine problem. The Miami-bound plane finally departed—a few minutes prior to its original Miami arrival time. I hope they all had a good book to pass the time.
Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
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jv 03.20.08 | 7:42 PM ET
Wow, this kind of stuff still makes the news? Seems like an everyday occurrence.
I know that when US Airways stranded me in a connecting city for 8 hours—then cancelled my flight at 3 a.m. without providing hotel assistance or a meal vouchers—no one covered that!
Perhaps I’ve stumbled upon an idea for a blog ...