NEW YORK — Passengers on at least three JetBlue planes and one American Airlines plane say they were stranded on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., for seven hours or more after being diverted from New York-area airports Saturday. The ordeal continued after they were let off and had to spend the night on cots and chairs in terminals.
A passenger on one of the diverted JetBlue planes said the crew ran out of snacks and bottled water for the last few hours of the delay.
“The toilets were backed up. When you flushed, nothing would happen,” said Andrew Carter, a reporter for the Sun Sentinel of Florida, who was traveling to cover the Miami Dolphins’ game against the New York Giants.
A representative for Bradley International wasn’t available to comment on the scope of the tarmac delays. A JetBlue spokeswoman, Victoria Lucia, confirmed that six of its planes, carrying a total of about 700 passengers, were diverted to Hartford. She declined to specify how long the planes sat on the tarmac.
The Associated Press
