Originally Posted by
underfire
Logistically, much easier to keep them on the plane.
I'm sure it was, for the airport authorities. Aircraft toilets filled up and went inoperable ? Tough, not our problem. Pax stuck in the Y seats for 24 hours, some with lap infants ? Tough, not our problem. No immigration facilities ? Yeah, right, aircraft chock-full of illegal immigrants who were inadmissible to Canada (despite all being TSA checked before departure for a US arrival) and who were obviously going to spirit off with their accomplices waiting outside Goose Bay terminal across the Canadian tundra, spreading mayhem as they went ...