You can’t make this up.. my United flight out of Newark taxied on the tarmac for more than 6 hours and now **no longer has enough fuel** to get to Denver — so we are taxiing back to the terminal.
And guess what, there is now a long line of planes to get back to the terminal ✈️
I thought they canceled the flight, but now they say they are going to let us off, and refuel the plane — and then we are supposed to reembark..
We got off the plane, and then we got an alert on the United app that the flight was canceled. But then they started to board us again! So I showed the cancel alert to the crew/pilots, and now everybody — including the pilots — is totally confused and checking the app https://t.co/bs5CFIXVzh
We may finally be on our way. My seatmates are pumped! And I’m pretty sure we are the only all-masked row https://t.co/8xq3HDt1IN
I spoke too soon. We are stalled again. A full 8 hours after we first boarded this flight to Denver. We are still on the tarmac at Newark. https://t.co/qmcxh5ObOl
Oh my god, after 8.5 hours on the tarmac at Newark, and disembarking/reembarking/refueling the plane, the flight is a no-go. We are heading back to the gate a final time. This time, it’s the crew — they’ve clocked out. “I’ve run out of apologies,” the pilot just told us.
During the 8.5 hours, we got a cup of water and a tiny packet of those Biscoff cookies https://twitter.com/samuraigodzilla/status/1561913242460364800
It took another half hour to actually get to the gate and re-disembark. So we sat on a plane, not going anywhere, for 9 hours, burning fuel the whole time 🔥
And now, the one travel assistance counter open at midnight.. https://t.co/bv1htHokOH
Since I’m not getting any sleep tonight, sharing some nice pics from the hours and hours trapped on a plane on the Newark airport tarmac https://t.co/3t9foj6VC7
Rainbow 🌈 https://t.co/IYPnzRGLSa
More rainbow 🌈 https://t.co/sCANRErDMG
Round and round on the tarmac https://t.co/2wlc76VjwE
Why.. did.. we.. keep.. driving.. round.. https://t.co/b8KWqhW4xa
Getting dark https://t.co/gmCmCpRoHe
Fast forward to 2:30 a.m., a full 12 hours after we boarded this flight to nowhere 🥱 https://t.co/OYIQQlejtF
Anyway, who knew taxiing burns so much fuel!? https://web.mit.edu/hamsa/www/pubs/KhadilkarBalakrishnanGNC2011.pdf https://t.co/VIZNDBy4kZ
Yeah, hours of taxiing / stopping / starting is going to eat up that fuel https://www.fastcompany.com/90716645/a-boeing-747-burns-one-ton-of-fuel-while-taxiing-this-electric-towing-system-could-help https://t.co/dPLU5LcuzQ
Line for United customer service at Newark, 3 a.m. https://t.co/8WB4IkY33k
Well, when push comes to shove.. midnight Amtrak https://t.co/XJstnBjkLW
Hi Philly (at 5 am)! https://t.co/GIphjGmlWD
Here we go again https://t.co/4jMZcP0srT
All three of my EWR-DEN seatmates ended up flying out of Philly this morning, and all three of us appear to have departed on time. I swear if this is what it takes to avoid chaos at NY airports, I will start Amtraking to Philly for flights
Finally en route to Denver.. https://t.co/8rtOO7g3BF
Or better yet, fly less — and help fight climate change https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/17/climate/flying-shame-emissions.html