Posted on 09/24/2024 3:41:22 PM PDT by george76
It was a real flight to nowhere.
Passengers aboard a recent international American Airlines flight were flabbergasted after the plane turned around five hours into the trip — without any explanation.
One of the flummoxed flyers detailed the aerial about-face in a viral Instagram video.
“American Airlines needs a lesson in effective communication,” Jimin Lee, 41, captioned the clip of the incident, which occurred Sept. 7 aboard AA flight 281 from Dallas, Texas, to Seoul, South Korea
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crew members provided “zero explanation” for aborting the flight bound for Incheon International Airport,
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
While in the NAVY we had to turn around and return to home plate when it was discovered a tool was missing that was used on the plane during maintenance. The rules are you have to go back. Coarsely put... dirty up your own runway...
XD XD.... I just couldn’t help it. But you got it!
It is curious but I am surprised they didn’t make up a better excuse for the passengers.
I’m only speculating, but maybe something happened that the pilot and he decided to cancel the flight. Say if the pilots wife had a miscarriage or some such. Whatever it was, the crew said they were headed back home.
just a taste of corporate tyranny (ie fascism).
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