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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Multiple passengers onboard Delta flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta PASS OUT and soil themselves while waiting to take off in 111F heat with no air conditioning, as Southwest bakes under 'heat dome'
2023-07-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Passengers on a flight leaving Las Vegas for Atlanta on Monday had to be helped off as temperatures at Harry Reid International Airport climbed to 115 degrees

  • One news reporter on board said flight attendants were running down aisles with oxygen tanks, before emergency services wheeled the passengers off

  • It comes as the southwest continues to get hit with intense temperatures, which have resulted in the death of one man
Posted by:Skidmark

#16  So hot here the Road Runners have become Road Amblers.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-07-19 22:16  

#15  Yep, no surprise, sadly. We've commented on air travel before. It's all gone mad...every aspect of it.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-07-19 21:08  

#14  Same thing happens on Airforce One -- on every flight for the last 2+ years
Posted by: airandee   2023-07-19 16:11  

#13  We have had an unusually wet and mild spring/summer here in NE TX. Still waiting for our first 100 degree day (heat indexes have been over 120 though...) Fields look as green as Ireland rather than the usual summer tan.
Proco has it exactly right. Only the aircraft captain could legally have acted to reduce the problem but it would have been harmful to his career.
Posted by: Glenmore   2023-07-19 14:27  

#12  I'll be damned, I'd be in handcuffs the first 5 minutes.
Posted by: Chris   2023-07-19 12:19  

#11  I have a good old fashioned internal combustion car and, since I'm retired, I don't mind if it takes a couple extra days to get there.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-07-19 12:01  

#10  Now when people ask why I don't want to fly I'll have one more reason I can give them. I already had plenty.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-07-19 11:58  

#9  Had a job, worked at Nellis AFB (Vegas), 'lived' in LA. Quickly learned to fly into Vegas in the morning to avoid the Mountain Pass thermal turbulence and rowdy passengers, then fly out after dark to avoid the tarmac stalls.
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-07-19 10:04  

#8  Gutfeld had it right yesterday when he said the people in charge didn't have the guts to go against the "rules" for the safety of the passengers. Rules be rules after all.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-07-19 09:00  

#7  Pete’s response - tarmac is racist.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-07-19 07:50  

#6  We hear these reports every year. Could air travel possibly be more onerous and disgusting ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-07-19 07:26  

#5  It's nonsense. There are some old SAC guys who could show them how to get a plane loaded and off the ground in under 10 minutes.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-07-19 07:25  

#4  The airlines are playing games with people's lives. The government metric is when planes depart on time. That is gamed because pushing off from the passenger terminal is the when the aircraft is credited with leaving. So, passengers sit and sit and sit.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-07-19 07:20  

#3  I can only imagine being trapped in the window seat of an egg crate sauna and notice that Jabba in the middle seat has just lost control of his bladder.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-07-19 07:20  

#2  Briefly made 90 here on the Space Coast yesterday before the overcast cooled things off. We've had a string of days in the 90s, but only high 80s forecast for the next several.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-07-19 06:42  

#1  Meanwhile, here in mid-eastern Ga./SC we are enjoying 98f+ (feels like 103f) with a modest 70+% humidity and rain about every 4 to 5 days. Which is all typical for our summer. The Corn, Soy bean, Field Pea, Water Mellon, Wheat, harvests are looking great this year.
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-07-19 06:35  

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