You didn’t even pass around water,” says Ieronimo.
Ieronimo and the passengers are seen in the video standing at their gate in Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
Their flight was delayed for seven hours, canceled at 1 a.m.
The passengers tell the worker, “We were trapped on that plane for 7 hours in 70-80 plus heat.”.
The passengers were headed to Rome on an overnight flight July 3 when shortly after being seated, things started to go wrong.
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, “Airlines must provide passengers with food and water no later than two hours after the tarmac delay begins.”.
Ieronimo said passengers were left in the airport, with no accommodations or food -- and a canceled flight. »
