ETIHAD AIRWAYS LONDON FLIGHT DIVERTED AL AIN REFUELING

http://www.parinda.com/news/crime/20080613/4172/passengers-suffer-16-hours-st...
http://www.etravelblackboardasia.com/article.asp?id=49921&nav=109&CID...
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/etihad-airways-c145288.html
http://www.qatarliving.com/node/55532
http://www.airfaresflights.com.au/airline-reviews/Etihad_Airways
http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Etihad_Airways-117663-1.html
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=546784
http://www.complaints.com/etihad-Airway-206402/FAMILY-OF-5-EJECTED-OF-ETIHAD-...
3: VIDEO RECORDED AT 01.07 LOCAL TIME ON 30/01/09 THE CAPTAIN STATES THAT THEY ARE REFUELING THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN GOING BACK TO ABU DHABI WITH AN HOUR DELAY AT THE MOST. . . REMEMBER THIS AS WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE OF CREW WE HAD TO WAIT WHILE THEY SUPPOSEDLY REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT, AGAIN, ALTHOUGH THE ENGINES WERE NEVER USED INBETWEEN!! PLEASE ALSO NOTE THAT A NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WERE IN CONTACT WITH RELATIVES WAITING AT ABU DHABI AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REMAINED OPEN WITH A NUMBER OF FLIGHTS LANDING AND TAKEN OFF - MOST PEOPLE ONLY EXPERIENCED FLIGHT DELAYS NOT DIVERSIONS . . . I SHOW MY BOARDING PASS FOR THE CONNECTING FLIGHT THAT WAS DUE TO BOARD AT 01.40 TO KUALA LUMPUR, SO I WAS GETTING WORRIED I WOULD MISS MY FLIGHT, BUT THE STAFF SAID THE FLIGHT WOULD WAIT AND WOULDNT BE ABLE TO TAKE OFF BECAUSE OF THE FOG . . . ( THE CONNECTING FLIGHT TOOK OFF LONG BEFORE US, SO I MISSED THE CONNECTING FLIGHT RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 24 HOURS DELAY.) WATCH ALL 16 VIDEOS WITH MORE TO BE ADDED SOON...
WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS FROM THE SAME FLIGHT TO GIVE YOU A FEEL OF WHAT A 24 HOUR DELAY WITH MISSED ONWARD CONNECTING FLIGHTS, FEELS LIKE. IN MY CASE THIS RESULTED IN JUST OVER A 24 HOUR DELAY, OF WHICH A HOTEL WAS PROVIDED FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS OF THIS. 5 HOURS WAS SPENT IN AL AIN AIRPORT WITH NO INFORMATION, NO FOOD, NOR DRINK. THE REST OF THE TIME WE WERE KEPT ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WITH VERY LIMITED REFRESHMENTS OF RATHER POOR QUALITY. WHAT WOULD A PROPER AIRLINE DO... APOLOGISE PERHAPS AND PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR MOST OF THE DELAY WITHOUT HAVING TO BE TOLD WHAT THERE RESPONSIBILITIES WERE... PERHAPS A PROPER AIRLINE WOULD ISSUE MEAL VOUCHERS AT THE AIRPORT...PERHAPS A PROPER AIRLINE WOULD CARRY ABOUT 20 MINUTES WORTH OF EXTRA FUEL TO ALLOW FOR BAD WINDS OR ANY OTHER UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES... MOST OTHER FLIGHTS MANAGED TO DO THIS WHY COULDN'T ETIHAD???

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[etihadflight]

We were also led to believe we were about to take off on a number of occassions and then suddenly they changed their mind... perhaps there is something we were not told. It would not surprise me if the plan had technical problems but again we were not told much. Some passengers to Kuala Lumpur experienced exactly the same in 2008 - FACT, source Google

[etihadflight]

The facts are a number of Etihad flights each year are diverted to Al Ain - source Google. There are a number of very angry Etihad passengers, source Google. I was diverted because there was insufficient fuel -FACT.

[etihadflight]

I am receiving a lot of spam from Etihad employees trying to support Etihad airways!! The most hilarious comments include Etihad staff telling me my flight wasnt diverted, to stop lying and there was enough fuel etc etc! you cannot trust etihad airways or their staff...