© CHAD SLATTERY, PR NEWSWIREA Maui-bound Hawaiian Airlines flight attempted to depart Los Angeles International Airport three times on Saturday before being canceled.
A Maui-bound Hawaiian Airlines flight had to return to Los Angeles International Airport three different times over the weekend before finally getting canceled, in what was surely not the"Aloha"more than 200 paradise-seeking passengers were expecting.
Spokesman Alex Da Silva told The Associated Press that Flight 33 took off for Maui's Kahului Airport twice Saturday before turning back and landing at LAX. The aircraft prepared to depart from the gate a third time before coming back.
Silva noted that the plane had to return each time because of "separate and unrelated faults with different systems."
He didn't mention which issues plagued the plane, but added that the overseas flight requires more safety precautions because of its distance and "extended-range operation" categorization.
The inconvenienced passengers were assigned to different flights and given hotel rooms. CNN reports that each traveler was refunded for the original flight and given a $100 credit for future travel.
USA TODAY has reached out to Hawaiian Airlines for comment.
Contributing: The Associated Press
Reader Comments
And yeah, Dog - that's an awful lot of deep, rough water to fly over with no land in between -- it kind of gives me the willeys. I mean, how do you come up with a plan B in case the plane goes down on the water?
R.C.
P.s. Deej: If one politely raises hell, it's quite fun to see how much you can get. (It turns into a negotiation so KNOW the rules of negotiation):
Rule 1) Try to get the other side to make the first offer. (E.g., Someone comes up out of the blue, and wants to buy your car? - contra you having listed it for sale - you ask: How much are you offering?)
Rule 2) If you can - and it's far easier than you might be aware - make the other side 'bid against themselves '. Using same example, the guy trying to buy your car says, '"Uh, I'll give you 4 grand".
You: "Funny. But really....???"
Him: "OK, How about 5K?
You: "Are you KIDDING ME? "You know, I mean, it's got a few years, but it's a cream puff." (Scarface scene.)
Him: "I'll offer 5500." (Repeat as often as possible without pronouncing your figures/demand.)
Rule 3) Never bid against yourself.**
R.C.
* ('A 'minor fault'? I forget.)
** There are plenty more rules, look online, but just using those will shock you- such as if you were about to list that car for $3,500 and pulled the above into $6500. (No charge.)
RC