No, it's worse than that...
The passengers are still on the plane five hours later. The flight crew are now out of Duty Hours.
But due to the USA State of Terror security procedues, the passengers can't get off, the bird isn't fixed, and people are seriously not happy.
I hope no-one imagines this is making air-travel "more secure". It's not. But it's making the jobs of the professionals who provide it a lot less secure.
The people who make the diference between profit and loss do not HAVE to fly. And if this cluster-eff continues, they won't...