I saw on the news today that there was an airline that was stuck on the runway for 7 to 9 hours during the Snowtober storms. Apparently the passengers on board were not allowed to get off the plane for the entire time they were layed over and there was no food on the plane. Could the passengers sue the airline for mistreatment or not?|||Yes. I read about that to. The pilot was trying to get help, but wasn't given permission from his company. Plus, there was at least one passenger who needed medication and the toilets stopped working and overflowed. I'd call that abuse. The airline could have done 'something' to help those people. Their excuse was that the weather had caused an issue with them diverting planes, but this plane had already landed at an airport and just needed permission and help to get to a gate and deplane.|||If it had been the airlines fault, they would be entitled to compensation. In this case, however, the fault was the TSA's - they refused to allow the passengers to deboard as they had already allowed all their personnel to go home (on full pay!) because the weather had grounded all scheduled flights.
Richard|||You can sue anyone for anything. That does not mean you will win the case.|||In the US, passengers must be well compensated when kept on the tarmac for that long.
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