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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Josh Marcus and Rituparna Chatterjee

Passengers pass out as Vegas flight stranded in 111 degree heat on tarmac

Krista Garvin/Twitter

Multiple passengers passed out and had to be wheeled away in stretchers and some reportedly soiled themselves on Monday after their Delta Air Lines flight sat in stifling heat on the tarmac at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

Passengers were first alerted to an issue as their flight sat behind over a dozen other planes preparing to take off.

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