WKBT La Crosse, WI-NewsChannel 8-3 Airlines fined for stranding passengers on the tarmac at Rochester, MN airport
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal officials are fining three airlines a total of $175,000 for their role in the stranding of passengers overnight on an airport tarmac in Rochester, Minn., this summer.
The Department of Transportation says it fined Continental Airlines and its regional airline partner ExpressJet a combined $100,000 for their part in the stranding of Continental Express Flight 2816 on Aug. 8.
DOT also said in a statement that it has fined Mesaba Airlines, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines.
Flight 2816 was en route from Houston to Minneapolis carrying 47 passengers when thunderstorms forced it to divert to Rochester. The airport closed and a Mesaba employee refused to open the terminal for the stranded passengers.
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