Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Hong Kong endured a hellish weekend of travel when their plane was grounded for more than 18 hours at a frigid Canadian airport. Hours after taking off from Newark Liberty International Airport around 3 p.m. EST Saturday, United Flight 179 was diverted to Goose Bay Airport in Canada’s northeastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador due to a medical emergency. An alternative aircraft was sent to Goose Bay to bring customers back to Newark, but it didn’t arrive until roughly 14 hours later. “Please help us,” passenger Sonjay Dutt tweeted from Goose Bay early Sunday morning. “This is an emergency @united.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2019 20:03 UTC