Man Gets Entire Plane to Himself After 18-Hour Delay

travel chaos ahead of the July 4th holiday severe weather has led to thousands of planes being canceled and even more being delayed this guy waited 18 hours for his flight everyone else on the plane had given up and he ended up being the only passenger on the aircraft Stephen Fabian who had his own travel troubles has details it may be total chaos at the airports but this passenger has the entire plane to himself I am the only person on the plane how many bags you have to load today bro the passenger was booked on an American Airlines flight from Oklahoma City to Charlotte that he says was delayed for 18 hours when they did finally call his flight he was the only one who showed up I get to the gate and nobody's there except for the gate agent and I looked at her I said did you already board everyone like am I late and she goes no honey you're the only passenger on this full night during the two-hour Journey the flight attendants gave Phil Stringer their undivided personal attack they gave me all the food and drink that I wanted they let me sit wherever I wanted Stringer says he's even become buddies with the crew I got the phone numbers of of the crew members I mean we're literally texting each other today American Airlines tells Inside Edition we know it can be frustrating when travel plans get delayed and are thankful for our crew members who went above and beyond to care for Mr Stringer during his flight but thousands of other passengers had terrible travel experiences due to the storms that slammed much of the nation my family found ourselves in the middle of the mess my family and I just landed here at JFK after spending a few days in Bar Harbor Maine on vacation and look traveling with kids is hard enough but our flight was supposed to be last night it was actually delayed overnight and we're getting here to the airport in New York some 14 hours later than we were supposed to 2 000 U.S flights were canceled and 8 000 delayed AAA predicts 4.1 million Americans will fly to their destinations this holiday weekend that's an increase of about 11 percent over last year [Music]

Channel: Inside Edition

Views: 420,482

Keywords: transportation, oklahoma, north carolina, offbeat, Inside edition, inside_edition, ie newsdesk, ie offbeat, airplane, flight, summer travel, phil stringer, american airlines, passenger, travelers, plane delay, flight attendants, summer vacation, steven fabian

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Length: 2min 15sec (135 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 27 2023