View Full Version : Passengers on United Aircraft Stuck in Goose Bay for 14 Hours
AmericanFlyer
20th Jan 2019, 23:57
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/20/us/united-flight-canada-grounded/index.html
I wonder if everything that could be done was done in a timely manner?
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/united-airlines-flight-179-stranded-canada-new-york-hong-kong-diversion-goose-bay-a8737591.html
PZU - Out of Africa (Retired)
IBMJunkman
21st Jan 2019, 16:10
“But as border officials do not work at night...”
Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary solutions.
Like paying them OT to clear folks into a controlled building or area?
This situation was as much Canada’s fault as United’s.
Bksmithca
3rd Feb 2019, 01:46
“But as border officials do not work at night...”
Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary solutions.
Like paying them OT to clear folks into a controlled building or area?
This situation was as much Canada’s fault as United’s.
IBM
Here a quote for Canada Border Services. "There are procedures in place in the event of a flight diversion landing outside of normal CBSA working hours," reads the Tuesday statement, which also says the decision to request to deplane rests with the pilot of an aircraft. On Thursday, the agency's statement noted flights that arrive between midnight and 8 a.m. and require clearance are handled "on a cost-recovery basis."
Not Canada's fault as UNITED refused to request deplaning until 16 hours after landing.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/goose-bay-united-airlines-cbsa-1.4990928