ALCOA (WATE) - Passengers
on an Allegiant Air flight to Lexington, Ky. want answers after their
plane was diverted Thursday night to Knoxville. The passengers were kept
on the plane on the tarmac for three hours with conflicting answers.
Passengers say they were headed from Orlando to Lexington when the plane was diverted to McGhee Tyson Airport.
"They
turned around and re-routed us to Knoxville," said Doug Yazell. "We
landed, sat on the tarmac for three hours, and about every 25-30 minutes
they were waiting for a weather report, fuel, we would be taking off
shortly, that sort of thing."
The unhappy passengers say they were left on the plane from 9 p.m. to midnight without any food and were given little water.
"No
one was telling us anything," Nira Combs-Fiala said. "The kept telling
us we're going to refuel and we're going to leave, we're going to refuel
and we're going to leave. But it never happened."
The passengers
were finally allowed to get off the plane and go into the airport, but
were unable to get their bags or any information on the situation for
another hour.
Eventually passengers were put up in a hotel and
told to book new flights Friday morning. The passengers were given hotel
vouchers, but had to find their own way there.
Some passengers
said crew members told them on the plane the plane was diverted due to a
mechanical issue, but then officials with Allegiant Air told them it
was due to the weather.
Allegiant Air manager told 6 News the problem was a weather issue.
No one from Allegiant's headquarters has returned a call for comment.
Source: http://www.wate.com
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