LONDON — British Airways turned what should have been an eight-hour flight home into a hellish three-day ordeal for over two hundred passengers.<br /><br />The BBC reports that flight 2036 was supposed to leave Orlando past 7 p.m. on Thursday, but passengers were forced to disembark due to a technical issue four hours after waiting in the plane.<br /><br />They were put in a hotel for the night, but the nightmare continued with more delays, plus lack of communication from BA, whose preferred method of updating passengers was via letter.<br /><br />The flight flew out of Florida over a day later, but was forced to divert to New York after the plane started dumping fuel and lowering the landing gear in mid-air.<br /><br />At JFK, it was hours before a BA rep showed, only to tell the disgruntled travelers they had no food or drinks, and not enough accommodations due to the New York Marathon.<br />Stranded passengers were forced to sleep on the cold hard airport floor for over five hours, among them a young cancer survivor and a toddler celebrating her birthday.<br /><br />Eventually, they were all herded back onto a plane and finally made it back to London Sunday morning.<br /><br />Passengers are still furious at having to endure the flight from hell, especially since they say British Airways has yet to apologize sincerely, according to the New York Post.<br /><br />The airline put out a statement saying sorry, but it also claims its ground team cared for the travelers while they were trapped in New York.
