Nearly 300 Delta passengers found themselves stranded overnight on the tarmac after their planes were rerouted from their original Mexico-Atlanta flight due to bad weather.
The ordeal began Thursday evening (April 10) when two separate Delta flights—one from Mexico City and another from Cabo San Lucas—were diverted from their intended destination, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, due to severe storms.
With fuel running low, both aircraft were forced to land at Montgomery Regional Airport. Not being an international port of entry meant passengers were legally prohibited from deplaning and had to remain inside the aircraft until sunrise.
