Northwest Airlines. OMG.

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London-bound flight diverted to Duluth d/t smoke in cabin. Passangers kept on board for 10 HOUR.

Now, I've been on an internationally diverted flight before and I understand customs problems and all of that, but 10 HOURS??? That's just rediculous. And on top of that, the airline said there wasn't anyway to get them off, when there was clearly an airstair up at the plane. Duh. Then, to add insult to injury, they get $50 dollar travel voucher towards future airfares of $200 or more!

O. M. G.

I miss Lee.
And JP.
And Chris. And...

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If they'd opened the cabin the smoke could have escaped into the atmosphere. It's the new environmental face of the airline industry.

[NWFlyer 2]

They don't call it Northworst for nothing. But it does beg the question - does Duluth have facilities to handle customs & immigration? That's the only legit reason I could see for keeping them on the plane, but the fact that they eventually took them off the plane in Duluth sort of makes that excuse a weak one.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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They don't call it Northworst for nothing. But it does beg the question - does Duluth have facilities to handle customs & immigration? That's the only legit reason I could see for keeping them on the plane, but the fact that they eventually took them off the plane in Duluth sort of makes that excuse a weak one.

I don't know. But if there's smoke in the cabin, the first choice should have been to evacuate the cabin, customs be damned! Airport authorities could have contained the passengers at an area inside the terminal. And, these were passenger OUTBOUND from the US to England, not INBOUND from England to the US.

Now, this is all armchair quarterbacking, since I have no idea how bad it was, but it was enough to divert the plane.

I miss Lee.
And JP.
And Chris. And...

[NWFlyer 2]

Haven't flown 'em for years for a reason.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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Haven't flown 'em for years for a reason.

Moi aussi! And US-Scareways is right up there with them IMO.

Last time USAirways screwed me in Philly (and didn't even kiss me afterwards) I mouthed off to the agent (not nice, I know ) and said, "I cannot wait for this company to go bankrupt!" The quickwitted gate lady agent said, "well I hope you get hit by a bus and die when you get home!"

I miss Lee.
And JP.
And Chris. And...

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Last time I flew NW (Dec 26th 1999) I was in the plane for approximately 8 hours before they let us off. 2 hours delay at the gate, 4 hours on the ground 'waiting' to get de-iced and another 2 back at the gate while they looked for the flight crew (flight attendants included) all who had gotten off the plane when it pulled back to the gate.
Spent the next 3 days in MSP attempting to get out.

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http://kstp.com/article/stories/S18577.html?cat=1

London-bound flight diverted to Duluth d/t smoke in cabin. Passangers kept on board for 10 HOUR.

Now, I've been on an internationally diverted flight before and I understand customs problems and all of that, but 10 HOURS??? That's just rediculous. And on top of that, the airline said there wasn't anyway to get them off, when there was clearly an airstair up at the plane. Duh. Then, to add insult to injury, they get $50 dollar travel voucher towards future airfares of $200 or more!

O. M. G.

Northworst strikes again! I've been on that flight. It's a nightmare regardless.

But it's a KLM flight - not a Northwest flight. (Same airline, for all intents and purposes.)

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"Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

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But it's a KLM flight - not a Northwest flight. (Same airline, for all intents and purposes.)

Northwest - watch the video. Unless KLM changed their paint scheme

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There is a way to fix that - open one of the emergency exits and deploy the slide. Might get in trouble for it though...

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[matt1215 0]

I'd be calling my credit card company to dispute the charge. Clearly substandard service.

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But it's a KLM flight - not a Northwest flight. (Same airline, for all intents and purposes.)

Northwest - watch the video. Unless KLM changed their paint scheme

I sit corrected. Normally, NW's European routes are KLM metal.

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"Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?"
"Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

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I sit corrected. Normally, NW's European routes are KLM metal.

only a part of the KLM/NW flights to Amsterdamned

scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM

[normiss 798]

Same here! Since the San-Fran flight with a stop in Minneapolis St. Paul came in so hot that we skidded down the runway SIDEWAYS!!!
scared the bejesus out of me ... honestly!!

f00kers

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If someone said I'd have to pick between flying Northwest for my only airline for the rest of my life, or being assraped by a sweaty Samoan with his dick wrapped in barbed wire every morning, it wouldn't be an easy choice.

cavete terrae.

[freeflir29 0]

Don't remember the airline but a few years ago one got sued for keeping the people in the plane like that. Judge eventually ruled it unlawful detention. Cost them a few million.

[stayhigh 2]

that is why you have to bring a can of Coppenhegen with you.. It is nasty but it works..

Bernie Sanders for President 2016

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that is why you have to bring a can of Coppenhegen with you.. It is nasty but it works..

Nicorette gum is not NEAR as nasty and you still get all the yummy nicotine!

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If someone said I'd have to pick between flying Northwest for my only airline for the rest of my life, or being assraped by a sweaty Samoan with his dick wrapped in barbed wire every morning, it wouldn't be an easy choice.

Oh, that's an easy one for me... Samoan every day of the week and twice on Sunday!

I miss Lee.
And JP.
And Chris. And...

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If someone said I'd have to pick between flying Northwest for my only airline for the rest of my life, or being assraped by a sweaty Samoan with his dick wrapped in barbed wire every morning, it wouldn't be an easy choice.

hmmm....a lot your analogies and situations involve you being ass raped.

Are you trying to tell us something?

Scars remind us that the past is real

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Are you trying to tell us something?

I think it's Post traumatic stress disorder from prison. "No LOCKED DOORS!!!!!"

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If someone said I'd have to pick between flying Northwest for my only airline for the rest of my life, or being assraped by a sweaty Samoan with his dick wrapped in barbed wire every morning, it wouldn't be an easy choice.

hmmm....a lot your analogies and situations involve you being ass raped.

Are you trying to tell us something?

Aren't people from OZ just ex-cons or something anyway? Clay has it right... he's just reliving his prison past.

I miss Lee.
And JP.
And Chris. And...

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If someone said I'd have to pick between flying Northwest for my only airline for the rest of my life, or being assraped by a sweaty Samoan with his dick wrapped in barbed wire every morning, it wouldn't be an easy choice.

hmmm....a lot your analogies and situations involve you being ass raped.

Are you trying to tell us something?

It's one of the first things that comes to mind on the list of "things I never want to experience", it's right up there with "be jumper03"

cavete terrae.

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But it does beg the question - does Duluth have facilities to handle customs & immigration?

Nope.

Duluth is one of the smallest commercial airports I've seen, beating Green Bay and a host of others. I have a cabin on Lake Vermilion in MN—about an hour north of Duluth.

My S.O. and I were late getting to the airport (construction) and they ACTUALLY HELD THE PLANE FOR US.

Teeny Weeny airport.

Dances
Muff Brother #2169

"You can take the girl out of the sky, but not the sky out of the girl!"