WASHINGTON 鈥� Early Tuesday, in the wake of the region鈥檚 first major snowstorm, Reagan National Airport was full of passengers 鈥� none of them going anywhere fast.
At about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, 海角精品黑料鈥檚 Rahul Bali said, no planes were coming or going, but plenty of passengers were still waiting in the cab line.
Usually, cabs come instantaneously, Bali says, but Tuesday they were coming only every 10 or 15 minutes. The man at the front of the cab line told Bali that he鈥檇 been there an hour.
Meanwhile, there was plenty of time to share what Bali called 鈥渞eal horror stories.鈥�
One man hoping to fly from Florida to Hartford has been there for 11 hours. 鈥淭he first flight was delayed about eight hours before they finally canceled it,鈥� he told Bali. Told there were no more flights to Hartford, he booked a flight to Boston and rented a car to drive to Hartford. 鈥淲aited for that one for another four hours, then I got to the tarmac and they canceled the flight.鈥�
Hannah, flying to San Francisco through D.C., spent five hours on the plane. 鈥淭hey did try to pass out some water and biscotti,鈥� Hannah said. While she was telling Bali that she hadn鈥檛 eaten since 2 p.m., someone else in line gave her a bag of snack mix, which she 鈥渟carfed down,鈥� Bali says.
Bali added that he saw planes being towed from gates, and reinforces the usual advice for people who have flights for Tuesday: Check whether your flight is still on 鈥� and just before leaving for the airport, check again. Check your airline鈥檚 rebooking policy, too.
In bad weather, Bali says, 鈥淸airlines] won鈥檛 let their planes get stuck in a city 鈥� they may not even be there.鈥�
