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Grimmerick
Grimmerick Posts: 3,331 Member
edited October 2024 in Social Groups
So passengers on a flight headed from India to England were basically grounded after their flight stopped to fuel halfway to their destination and couldn't pay. Each passenger had to pay roughly $200 dollars for fuel to continue their flight. The standoff lasted 6 hours and the cops had to be called, the passengers that didn't have the cash were escorted to an atm. I believe they said the plane got to it's destination 2 days late. The total cost to refuel was $31,500. They will be given a refund. What would you have done, Ponied up the moolah or stood your ground? Personally I would be super pissed but would pay up the money as long as I was promised a refund haha but man I would have been pissed.

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  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I wouldn't trust them to actually pay me back, I mean, they couldn't pay for the fuel in the first place
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,786 Member
    They had no choice, except to pay. I would have paid and sought legal counsel upon returning home. This is an act of piracy and extortion.
  • morganhccstudent724
    morganhccstudent724 Posts: 1,261 Member
    Seriously...

    I don't think I would have $200 to get out of an ATM.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    Seriously...

    I don't think I would have $200 to get out of an ATM.

    Ditto.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    triple ditto! Crazy! smh
  • VeganInTraining
    VeganInTraining Posts: 1,319 Member
    that's freakin nuts! Like others have said, it's not like you really have a choice but to pay, but I would be fuming! That's rediculous that an airline would not have enough money for fuel. What happens if enough people refuse to pay? they just make those that will pay put out extra? That's insain
  • Bonita_Lynne_58
    Bonita_Lynne_58 Posts: 2,794 Member
    As strange as it may sound, seems like they had no choice but pay. An airline who can't pay for fuel shouldn't have allowed the plane to take off in the place.

    There are people who don't carry atm or credit cards. What would they have done?
  • Yakisoba
    Yakisoba Posts: 719 Member
    I'd be the odd one without $200 on my person or in my bank account. What happens then?
  • Bahet
    Bahet Posts: 1,254 Member
    It was also $200 per person. So a family of 4 had to pay $800.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    Oh that's rediculous!! I wouldn't have had the extra $200 in my account. Guess I would have been up the creek without a paddle. :mad:
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