HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Passengers on a JetBlue flight said they were stranded on a plane for seven hours Saturday after low visibility caused a diverted landing in Connecticut.
Flight 504 left Fort Lauderdale, Fla,m about 10 a.m. and was expected to land at Newark (N.J.) Liberty International Airport, but zero visibility prevented that from happening. The plane landed at Bradley International Airport in Hartford at around 1:30 p.m., but passengers weren't allowed to disembark until about 9 p.m., Tribune newspapers reported.
"It's been a long day,'' said Andrew Carter, a sports reporter who was traveling to cover the Miami Dolphins game against the New York Giants. "There's been no real explanation as to why we've been sitting here for seven hours.''
"We ran out of water,'' he told Tribune from a cellphone on board the plane. "The bathrooms are all clogged up and disgusting. The power would go off every 45 minutes or so for five minutes or so, and that would freak people out. … I've heard about these kind of stories.''
Officials for Bradley International Airport declined to comment and JetBlue representatives could not be reached Saturday.
