A flight from New Jersey to Hong Kong was for 179 of the passengers to the ordeal. The machine had to be Canada's Saturday night (local time) in Labrador, in the East, between land. For 16 hours, the passengers on the plane were stuck - at an outside temperature of minus 30 degrees.
for the intermediate landing at the military airfield Goose Bay Airport was a medical emergency, the Airline said, compared to the channel CBC. A passenger was taken to the hospital. However, due to a technical problem the flight could not be continued. The Airline suspected that the extreme cold one of the doors had frozen solid. Since there are no customs officials were for the control is available, were not allowed to leave the travelers on the plane.
Four @united tech ops workers trying to fix the right wing emergency exit door of #UA179. A planeful of people is hoping they have better luck than the last set of mechanics and pilots who tried hours ago @United_179 pic.twitter.com/PlC41Rh7qp
— Steven Lau (@unoslau) 20. January 2019
#UA179 basking in the morning sunrise at @Town_HVGB Labrador, Canada.The OAT is-32c which feels like -50c with the windchill.A frozen door is a real term in those temps. @unoslau @lwslade401 @MMHK78 @rcausseil @united @FlightAlerts_ @TomPodolec @JacobBarkerCBC @AlysonSamsonCBC pic.twitter.com/oDMot1Y4Ja
— Philip Earle (@Philipearle) 20. January 2019
Latest update: @united song and didn \ ’t actually send a rescue plane, and unclear when (if ever) the rescue plane wants to come. So maybe I'll be living/working/existing in a plane cabin in Canada for the foreseeable future?
Steven Lau (@unoslau) 20. January 2019
As a passenger on the train to the station CBN said, was it on the plane quickly, very cold. Also, the Blankets, doling out the on-Board staff, would have only helped a little. In addition, food and drinks were soon in short supply. After about ten hours of delay, officials of coffee and Donuts is a canadian fast-food chain have brought on Board.
Other passengers expressed their displeasure on Twitter, and posted complaints about United Airlines, because they had been told that a replacement plane was on the way - this was late but. Only at twelve o'clock the plane had landed. After a further two hours the passengers were allowed to change on Sunday afternoon. The replacement machine is brought to the traveller, however, not to Hong Kong, but returned to Newark in New Jersey.