'Unruly passenger,' mechanical problems delay flight to Denver for 13 hours

[harvey007]

Source: Denver 9 News

Andrew Ferraro, a spokesperson with Continental Airlines, says Flight 59 from Houston to Denver originally left the gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 6:50 p.m. Thursday. They did not get to their destination, however, until late Friday morning.

Ferrero says the airline regrets the situation, but called the cascading events a "perfect storm."

Read more: http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=177188&catid=188

[greiner3]

1. Hell, look at the name of the airport and it says all.

[DLnyc]

3. Yes, anyone who would fly into or out of an airport named after that moron

really shouldn't expect their day to go well.

Personally, I will not fly through Houston ever.

[classof56]

2. I thank you for posting.

Interesting and upsetting event for all involved (validating one of the many reasons I don't fly), but a commentor's response included this quote which really resonated with me: "Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." Rabindranath Tagore. Wow. Very fitting on a morning when things seem pretty bleak for many reasons. Will remember that one!

Peace and blessings.

[Ex Lurker]

4. hard to remember that when you're locked in a metal tube with 200 other people and one toilet nt.

[petronius]

5. That sucks, but it doesn't seem like they left the people on board overnight, did they?

Barring that, I'm not sure why this is a new story - the airplane broke, and they had to fix it. Even without the drunk, wouldn't they have had to come back to repair the lights?

[wordpix]

6. they have to turn back b/c of a drunk? Why not put him in some kind of restraint?