30 pizzas delivered to grounded delta airplane

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Pardus

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TODAY | March 20, 2013
Passengers on a Delta flight from Boston to Atlanta were dismayed when their plane had to divert to Knoxville due to severe weather. After getting stuck on the tarmac for three hours, hungry flyers were probably getting pretty restless.

Luckily, the passengers didn't have to resort to cannibalism, as some kind soul ordered pizzas to be delivered to everyone aboard the stranded flight.

As one passenger told WRCBTV, "I see a cop car pull up and I'm like, 'this is going to be good, what's going on here?' Then I see a cop get out and a couple guys helping him with about 30 pizzas out of the back seat and I'm like, 'oh alright we got some pizza... we're going to have a little pizza party on the plane.'"

The pizzas appeared to placate the passengers, as no one took the Department of Transportation (DOT)-mandated option to leave a plane after a delay of more than three hours. (The DOT also requires airlines to give passengers food and water after delays of more than two hours, but they definitely don't require a fast-food delivery.)

Today.com reports that the pizzas were ordered from Pizza Hut by airport employees.

Unfortunately for one passenger, the pizza was not accompanied by a nice cold beer—as passenger Jen Vazmina told Today.com, "they just wouldn't serve us beer... and yes we asked a bunch of times."
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KaOTiK

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Still crazy though they had to sit in the plane on the tarmac for 3 hours though. Awesome whoever did order the pizza (they think it was the pilot).
 
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Schfifty Five

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The smell in the plane would be pretty gross after awhile. Hopefully it wasn't stuffy/muggy in there. Imagine the cabin already being feeling warm/gross w/ so many people trapped inside and then throw in the smell of pizza (albeit delicious smelling at first, and then probably not as good smelling later).
 
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purbeast0 said:
fuck that. why weren't they allowed off of the plane as soon as it landed?
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This is what I have been told from someone who works in the industry.

1. No gate for that plane (it was not supposed to be in that location)
2. If the passengers got off, it would be a pain to get them back on with security check and such. Even worse if they have to use another plane because the original crew used up all their flying time for that day.
 
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KaOTiK said:
Still crazy though they had to sit in the plane on the tarmac for 3 hours though. Awesome whoever did order the pizza (they think it was the pilot).
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waiting 3 hours to ride a chair in the sky like a greek myth? Seems trivial if you think about it.

God we are a spoiled bunch.
 
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