USA TODAY: Airline emergencies that leave people stranded on tarmacs for hours can happen for a simple reason: There aren’t buses available to ferry passengers off the stranded plane and take them to the nearest gate.
The massive delays, such as one that occurred over the weekend in Hartford, Conn., during a snowstorm, underscore a need for airlines and airports to have better plans in place to fetch passengers off planes, according to aviation experts and consultants.
Erwin Zimmerman, vice president of Cobus Industries, which sold scores of large airport buses to 15 airports nationwide, said the Federal Aviation Administration provides funding for airports to buy buses. But buses are often low among airport priorities… (more)
