Just got back from a great vacation in Hawaii. Anyway on the way there Jan 13, 2010 we had a United Flight 721 KDEN-KSFO. I watched our 752 taxi in and all looked fine, plus it was a nice warm day weather wise in Denver. They unloaded all the PAX, crew changed, pilot did his walk around, plane was loaded up, as we all boarded. It looked to me like the flight was full and we all buckled in.
Then a United Customer Service Rep came on board and said the aircraft is being taken out of service due to "Ice blockage" (no futher explanation). Then she continued with "the flight is cancelled and we have no back up aircraft". As I was seated at the back of the plane (last to get out) and had a connecting flight in San Fran to get to in a few hours, I didn't have time to ask any questions about what happened.
I have an interest in planes but I'm certainly no expert, but the whole thing seemed strange. Does anybody know what this "Ice Blockage" might have been? And can it be so bad they need to cancel the flight all together? Also note we were basically at the point of pushback when it was cancelled.
I just check Flight Aware and although this is a daily flight it shows no flight for Jan 12 or 13, 2010, so it appears the flight one day prior to mine might also have been cancelled. If anybody might be able to shed some light on this, I am all ears. Thanks.
Then a United Customer Service Rep came on board and said the aircraft is being taken out of service due to "Ice blockage" (no futher explanation). Then she continued with "the flight is cancelled and we have no back up aircraft". As I was seated at the back of the plane (last to get out) and had a connecting flight in San Fran to get to in a few hours, I didn't have time to ask any questions about what happened.
I have an interest in planes but I'm certainly no expert, but the whole thing seemed strange. Does anybody know what this "Ice Blockage" might have been? And can it be so bad they need to cancel the flight all together? Also note we were basically at the point of pushback when it was cancelled.
I just check Flight Aware and although this is a daily flight it shows no flight for Jan 12 or 13, 2010, so it appears the flight one day prior to mine might also have been cancelled. If anybody might be able to shed some light on this, I am all ears. Thanks.
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