Family Trapped on WestJet Flight for 8 Hours

0:00A spruce grove woman and her family got trapped on a WestJet flight for nearly eight hours right on the tarmac at Calgary International Airport back in late March. They were headed to the Bahamas from 9 a.m. to about 5 p.m., dealing with a full plane of folks including kids. It started with a heavy snowstorm delaying takeoff, then frozen engines kept things grounded even after the weather cleared. Crew couldn't get a gate for hours, so everyone stayed buckled in while the plane just taxied around. Sandra Martell called it a nightmare, especially as a diabetic with just pretzels, a cookie, and no water, only Coke offered later. Her daughter-in-law filmed the whole ordeal, highlighting how rough it was for the young grandkids too. Eventually, they de-plained, but more delays hit their connections, forcing Martell to shell out her own cash for a flight from Toronto to NASA. Now she's pushing WestJet to cover those costs. Canadian rules capped tarmac time at 3 hours, stretchable to 3 hours, 45 minutes if take

1:02off seems close, with mandates for food, water, and lab access. WestJet hasn't commented yet, so we'll keep watching this one. That's the story for today, Canada News, today driven by AI.