Thousands of passengers spent their Monday sitting on planes going nowhere on the airport tarmac with flights delayed for hours. Many may have been wondering why they couldn't just get off the plane. Sky News asks a travel expert to explain.
Picture the scene - you've boarded your plane, buckled your seatbelt and switched your phone to flight mode.
Then the pilot comes over the tannoy. The flight is delayed, it can't leave the tarmac - and you don't know how long you'll be waiting for.air traffic control issues caused havocThrough the ovals of thick glass, you can see the airport terminal - with all the legroom and overpriced coffee it offers.Sky News talks to Sean Tipton, spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents , about why that isn't the solution it might seem to be.
The plane needs to be ready to go when a slot comes free. That's not possible if hundreds of passengers are loitering around the gate. Getting everyone off a plane takes time, and boarding processes would need to happen again to make sure every passenger was back on board. In that time, the flight could miss its slot.It's"obviously annoying" if you're sitting on a plane on the tarmac for two or three hours, but it's"actually for the convenience of passengers", he added.
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