Alaska confirms one of its flights waited so long for de-icing, the crew pushed past their duty time and the plane returned to the gate.
“Originally, they said it would be 45 minutes, then another 45 minutes, then another 45 minutes. ‘Oh, guess what? We’ll give you a cookie and go back to the gate,’” said George Hemminger, who was on a flight to Florida.
Despite the de-icing delays, planes were landing and taking off, and airport officials said they were able to keep runways and taxiways clear. “We try and avoid the snow sticking to those surfaces. That’s a key for us; we don’t want that snow to be turned into ice,” said Perry Cooper of the Port of Seattle.Alaska Airlines says it can take up to a half hour to de-ice a plane. The airline says it proactively canceled about a hundred flights to relieve the pressure at Sea-Tac Airport.
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