Read more stranded passengers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/28065/stranded-passengers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:26:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54738/imprisoned-cruise-ship-passengers-threaten-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFurious British cruise ship passengers on a $12,000 around-the-world voyage threatened mutiny yesterday unless they're allowed to disembark to visit ports. Some 600 passengers on the Aurora have only been allowed to visit three cities in 22 days after the 76,000-ton ship was held up for repairs. Passengers,...http://www.newser.com/story/54738/imprisoned-cruise-ship-passengers-threaten-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 30 Mar 2009 3:36:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48599/manners-killed-titanics-brits-as-yanks-fled-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish passengers aboard the Titanic were most likely to die because their sense of propriety inclined them to line up for lifeboats while Americans elbowed past to save themselves, claims an Australian researcher who is studying how people react in life-threatening disasters. Americans were 8.5% more likely than other...http://www.newser.com/story/48599/manners-killed-titanics-brits-as-yanks-fled-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Jan 2009 16:12:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46125/outage-strands-173-on-singapore-ferris-wheel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag173 passengers on the world’s largest observation wheel were stuck for 6 hours today when a fire caused the Singapore Flyer to lose power, AFP reports. 10 of the stranded sightseers were lowered to safety in harnesses, while the rest waited for electricity to return. Its manager said some passengers...http://www.newser.com/story/46125/outage-strands-173-on-singapore-ferris-wheel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 23 Dec 2008 16:15:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/32429/airport-overnights-take-off-as-hotel-vouchers-vanish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStranded passengers are finding ways to settle in for the night at airport terminals as hotel vouchers become a thing of the past in the cash-strapped airline business, the New York Times reports. Frequent fliers advise terminal sleepers to bring something soft to sleep on and to stock up on...http://www.newser.com/story/32429/airport-overnights-take-off-as-hotel-vouchers-vanish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Jul 2008 3:05:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31915/flight-grounded-over-irate-passengers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe passengers of an American Airlines flight from Miami to New York on Sunday night probably thought the worst was over when their flight crew finally arrived at the gate an hour late. But angry passengers greeted them with boos and, according to some accounts, obscenities. The crew responded by...http://www.newser.com/story/31915/flight-grounded-over-irate-passengers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Jul 2008 11:55:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24019/thousands-stuck-as-asian-budget-airline-folds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of passengers have been stranded in Hong Kong, London, and Vancouver with the collapse of Asian budget airline Oasis, the New York Times reports. In a sign that the industry's woes are spreading rapidly, the Hong Kong-based airline joins three US budget carriers to have gone under this month...http://www.newser.com/story/24019/thousands-stuck-as-asian-budget-airline-folds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Apr 2008 8:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22985/chaos-continues-at-heathrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHundreds of volunteer British Airways staffers spent their day off yesterday helping to return some of the 15,000 pieces of luggage lost when the state-of-the-art baggage system failed at the airline's new terminal at London's Heathrow airport last week. Scores of tech specialists have also been deployed to fix...http://www.newser.com/story/22985/chaos-continues-at-heathrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Mar 2008 3:33:00 CDT