Passengers on a bank holiday flight to from Miami to London have revealed how they spent 20 hours on the floor of an airport in Bermuda after a possible mechanical issue. forced a diversion. Those who struggled to rest in the most stressful of conditions have said they were “abandoned in the middle of the Atlantic”.
Since the incident, American Airlines has apologised for flight AA38 changing course. Around three hours after taking off from Miami International Airport on Monday (August 29), the airline said there was “a possible mechanical issue”, forcing the plane to land instead on the British island territory in the North Atlantic.
The Boeing 777-300’s 303 passengers waited over 15 hours in LF Wade International Airport in St George’s. They are currently scheduled to board a replacement flight to London Heathrow at 8pm local time – almost 20 hours after landing there.