Passengers shiver through 16-hour ordeal on Canadian tarmac
A medical emergency and a mechanical problem left passengers on a United Airlines flight stuck for about 16 hours on the frigid tarmac of a Canadian airport in the plane's barely heated interior. United Flight 179 had taken off late Saturday from Newark, New Jersey en route to Hong Kong with some 250 passengers on board. When a passenger suffered a medical emergency, the plane made an emergency landing in Goose Bay airport in Newfoundland and Labrador province. But after paramedics evacuated the passenger, the plane was unable to take off - reportedly because bitterly cold temperatures had caused a door to freeze. With no customs officers on duty overnight, passengers were forced to stay on board, many shivering under the thin blankets handed out by flight attendants. <br/>
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Passengers shiver through 16-hour ordeal on Canadian tarmac
A medical emergency and a mechanical problem left passengers on a United Airlines flight stuck for about 16 hours on the frigid tarmac of a Canadian airport in the plane's barely heated interior. United Flight 179 had taken off late Saturday from Newark, New Jersey en route to Hong Kong with some 250 passengers on board. When a passenger suffered a medical emergency, the plane made an emergency landing in Goose Bay airport in Newfoundland and Labrador province. But after paramedics evacuated the passenger, the plane was unable to take off - reportedly because bitterly cold temperatures had caused a door to freeze. With no customs officers on duty overnight, passengers were forced to stay on board, many shivering under the thin blankets handed out by flight attendants. <br/>
