![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/delta-passengers-stranded-on-island-after-diversion-warned-not-to-start-a-revolution/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Airlines-Park-Planes-In-Southern-California-Due-To-Coronavirus-Slowdown.jpg&description=Passengers onboard a Delta Airlines flight were told to be 'grateful' their plane didn't crash after 'mechanical issue' forced them to land on a Portuguese island Passengers who said they were "abandoned" by Delta Airlines were reportedly told not to start a "revolution" after a flight was diverted to a Portuguese island. Flight 157 from Ghana to New York had a 'mechanical issue with a backup oxygen system' and was forced to land at Lajes Airport on Terceira Island in the Azores. A 12-hour wait followed in which some passengers claimed they had to beg for food and were told they were lucky the plane didn't crash. A video posted online by Kiaundra Eggleston to Twitter had the caption: "This female rep told us we should be grateful that they allowed us to be here, and our plane didn't crash in the sea." Further confusion appeared when another passenger was supposedly told they were being diverted because somebody had fallen ill. For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US A Delta spokesperson said a plane from Lisbon arrived to relieve the passengers, whose bags continued to JFK Airport on the original plane. Passenger Nana Asante said she and her fellow passengers were "abandoned by Delta and treated like encroaching roaches" by people working at Lajes. Since then, she has said a $400 voucher and an email about a full ticket refund was sent to her, but she has not yet received the cash. 'I walked to the back of the plane twice to ask the flight attendants what was really going on,' Ms Asante-Smith said of the troublesome flight. 'They were kind and gentle, especially in the midst of my brewing anxiety attack. They reassured me that everything was just fine and that the oxygen was low in the cockpit. Nerve-wracking, but fine, because life happens and the unfortunate situation was not in Delta's control.' She added that some people like 'the elderly, pregnant women, children, became restless, frustrated and confused.' Ms Asa){kind=link}
Passengers onboard a Delta Airlines flight were told to be âgrateful’ their plane didn’t crash after ‘mechanical issue’ forced them to land on a Portuguese island
Passengers who said they were “abandoned” by Delta Airlines were reportedly told not to start a “revolution” after a flight was diverted to a Portuguese island.
Flight 157 from Ghana to New York had a “mechanical issue with a backup oxygen system” and was forced to land at Lajes Airport on Terceira Island in the Azores. A 12-hour wait followed in which some passengers claimed they had to beg for food and were told they were lucky the plane didn’t crash.
A video posted online by Kiaundra Eggleston to Twitter had the caption: “This female rep told us we should be grateful that they allowed us to be here, and our plane didn’t crash in the sea.”
Further confusion appeared when another passenger was supposedly told they were being diverted because somebody had fallen ill.