Due to the weather, a 2-hour domestic flight turned into a 36-hour exhausting journey

A two-hour flight from Air Canada turned into a 36-hour international flight with an unplanned stop in the United States due to bad weather, due to which the plane could not land at the intended airport. Writes about this Business Insider.

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The passengers were flown from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Alaska and then back to Vancouver before reaching their destination, Whitehorse, the capital of Canada's Yukon region, more than a day later.

Flight 279 Air Canada was supposed to fly from Vancouver to Whitehorse on December 16, but was unable to land after 15 minutes of flying over the airport due to weather.

An Air Canada spokesman said the flight was denied "due to weather restrictions for landing at Whitehorse."

Passengers really thought the plane landed. One of the passengers, Thea Rogers, said: “In fact, I thought we landed. And then it was so abrupt, up, up, up, and everyone says: "Oh, I don’t think we are landing."

Then the flight reached Anchorage (Alaska). Anchorage is located approximately 490 miles (788 km) from Whitehorse.

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Some passengers who expect to travel only within the country did not have the necessary documents, such as passports.

Then the passengers were told that they would spend the night in Alaska. But Rogers said it was unclear at first whether they could leave the airport.

“Then they did not tell us whether we would just sleep on chairs in the security zone or whether we could leave. I didn’t think we could go out without passports. ”

They were eventually able to stay at the hotel and board a flight to Whitehorse the next morning - only to be unable to land again and ended up being diverted to Vancouver, where they had originally flown from.

One passenger, Roger Gauthier, recalls that passengers could not believe that they flew over Whitehorse after seeing its lights below.

He said there was "total chaos" in Vancouver because they had to clear customs as an international flight.

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Passengers were able to reach Whitehorse - approximately 36 hours after the start of the journey.

In total, their journey was about 2700 miles (4345 km).

Gauthier is outraged by Air Canada's attitude toward passengers throughout the test.

But Lisa Schroeder, another passenger, told CBC that she was grateful that the pilot ultimately decided not to land at Whitehorse: “No one can control the weather, and we were very grateful that the pilot made a wise decision.”

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