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DOT fines Caribbean Airlines for denying passengers opportunity to leave airplane

Washington, Usa - For USD 100,000

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) today said that Caribbean Airlines, a carrier based in Trinidad and Tobago, violated federal rules last August by not providing passengers with an opportunity to leave a plane that was delayed on the tarmac at New York’s-"JFK" Airport for more than four hours. In addition, the carrier failed to provide customers with food and water until almost four hours a...

fra/pec - 1151058
Rome, Italy, 03/29/2013 20:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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