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A passenger on board Delta Air Lines’ overheated DL555 flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta spoke with Insider.
She said it was the worst travel day of her life.
As she and others sat on the hot plane for hours, multiple passengers and a flight attendant required medical care.
After a long weekend of work in Las Vegas, April Love planned to doze off on her Delta Air Lines return flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta, but her day descended into what she said was the worst travel experience of her life.
Love, a CEO and publicist who works in the entertainment industry, was on Delta flight DL555 — a flight that never took off and left four passengers requiring oxygen tanks due to excessive heat, Love said.
On the plane, vents were not working amid a heatwave, Love told Insider, and the plane sat on the runway for hours in sweltering heat, until passengers were eventually allowed off.
Delta Air Lines did not immediately return Insider’s request for comment. In a previous statement, the airline issued an apology to the customers, said it was investigating the incident, and confirmed that first responders were required on the flight.
Passengers sat in triple-digit temperatures for hours without working vents
A passenger on board the Las Vegas Delta flight stuck on the tarmac in triple-digit heat claims multiple passengers required oxygen tanks due to excessive cabin heat and says the airline ‘put our live
