More than 100 passengers on a JetBlue aircraft bound for Newark, New Jersey, were left stranded on the tarmac at Hartford, Connecticut’s Bradley Airport for more than seven hours when a major snowstorm blanketed the Northeast. The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating the incident.
Hugh Totten, an attorney at Valorem Law Group in Chicago, who has represented airlines and sued airports in construction disputes, said JetBlue could be on the hook for some of the first fines to be paid under new rules the department enacted last year. The potential penalty: $27,500 for each passenger stranded on a tarmac for more than three hours.
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