Delta passengers spend night on tarmac after Atlanta-bound flights diverted

Hundreds of passengers on 2 U.S.-bound Delta flights stuck on tarmac for 20 hours

Inclement weather caused major delays for nearly 300 Delta passengers traveling from Mexico, after their flights were rerouted to a small regional airport in Alabama that lacked customs facilities, according to 11Alive.

Hundreds forced to stay the night on planes after Delta flights diverted

Delta Air Lines is apologizing to nearly 300 passengers who were stuck on their planes for about seven hours overnight last Thursday. The passengers were on two planes that were diverted to a regional airport without any border or customs officials. Since the flights had come in from Mexico, the passengers had to wait until the customs issues could be sorted out. Delta says it will issue refunds to the affected passengers. Full Story Delta Air L…

“Ridiculous”: Nearly 300 Delta Passengers Spend Night On Tarmac After Flights Rerouted By Storms

Nearly 300 Delta passengers found themselves stranded overnight on the tarmac after their planes were rerouted from their original Mexico-Atlanta flight due to bad weather. The ordeal began Thursday evening (April 10) when two separate Delta flights—one from Mexico City and another from Cabo San Lucas—were diverted from their intended destination, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, due to severe storms.  With fuel running low, bot…

300 Delta passengers left stranded on tarmac overnight after storms divert planes to airport without customs

Nearly 300 Delta passengers that were Atlanta-bound experienced a night of chaos last week after they were left stranded on the tarmac and forced to spend the night inside their planes.

Passengers flying from Mexico to Atlanta held on planes overnight in Alabama terminal

After being confined inside two planes on a Montgomery tarmac overnight on Thursday, nearly 300 passengers flying out of Mexico were able to reach their intended Atlanta destination early Friday morning. Boston’s Lauren Forbes was bound for a layover in Atlanta when their plane was diverted to Montgomery because of inclement weather, she told WCVB.

Delta passengers spend night on tarmac after Atlanta-bound flights diverted

Almost 300 passengers spent the night onboard two international Delta flights that had to be diverted last week due to bad weather.