- Passengers stranded at Newark Airport resorted to sleeping on tables or baggage carts.
- Hundreds of flights have been canceled or delayed at the airport due to the storm.
- Passengers are at a loss, and some are struggling to receive their luggage.
With flights canceled over the weekend, passengers stranded at Newark Airport resorted to sleeping on tables or baggage carts. CBS News reported.
Airports become center of travel disruption after storm Hundreds of flights affected Passengers remain camping inside the airport, and the airport is still dealing with the disruption.
One passenger told the press, “We’ve slept a little bit on everything. This was the most comfortable I’ve slept all night. I slept on the floor. On terrible chairs and carpet. I tried to sleep in,” he said. In fact, we didn’t care for the carpet. ”
A representative for Newark Airport did not immediately respond to an insider request for comment made outside normal business hours.
Passengers are bewildered by the delays, and some are reportedly struggling to get out of the airport to collect their luggage.
united airlines Passenger posted video on Twitter It seemed to indicate confusion and people said they were unable to receive their packages. A Twitter user captioned the video, saying, “Staff keep yelling no collection.”
A United Airlines representative told an insider, “Multiple days of severe weather and persistent thunderstorms in the Northeast, combined with FAA staffing constraints over the weekend, make for a challenging business environment, especially for our customers traveling to and from New Jersey. became,” he said. York area. ”
“We have focused on helping customers whose travel has been disrupted over the last few days, while also making plans to get ready for the upcoming holiday weekend,” they continued.
One United Airlines passenger, Margo Osborne, previously told Insiders that she had to drive hundreds of miles to get to her destination and take another flight. meet their bags After they were flown to New Orleans. Osborne said he was told by the airline that no one could retrieve his luggage, according to insider reports.