A definite tread now.... Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "markgerrard" <markgerrard@breathemail.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Hi All, > > Taken from the Travel Weekly website. > > Regards, > > Mark Gerrard > > Family sues NW, alleges imprisonment on plane(12/27/2001) > > By Andrew Compart > > WASHINGTON -- A California family is suing Northwest Airlines, alleging > false imprisonment because they said they and other passengers were forced > to remain on a grounded airplane for about seven hours on Christmas day > 2000. > The couple and their two daughters were returning from a vacation in Hawaii > when fog forced the plane to divert from Los Angeles to the smaller airport > in Ontario, Calif., Christmas morning. > > More details are scheduled to be released in a Dec. 27 press conference, but > the attorney for the family said the suit also will allege emotional > distress, negligence and breach of contract. > > A Northwest spokeswoman said Dec. 26 that she believes the plane actually > was on the Ontario tarmac for about four-and-a-half hours, and did not get > to the gate because of an ongoing effort to get clearance to fly to Los > Angeles, as well as Ontario airport unloading difficulties. > > She also said she believes the family was reimbursed for an additional day > of parking and for a rental car, and, like all the passengers, received a > Northwest "service recovery packet" that included a travel voucher. > > > **************************************************************************** > **** > For information on all airports and airfields in the Northwest of England, > visit http://fly.to/northwest-spotters. > Alternatively join the Northwest-Spotters mailing list at > www.yahoogroups.com/group/northwest-spotters > **************************************************************************** > **** >