| 10 Hour flight on ground |
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It normally takes about 8 HRs to fly from Minneapolis-St. Paul to London Gatwick aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 44. But 10 HRs after the plane took-off Saturday night the 255 passengers on board were still in Minnesota.
It began when electrical smoke coming from the in-flight entertainment system forced the DC-10's crew to make a precautionary landing in Duluth shortly after taking off.
Once on the ground in Duluth, the plane sat on a taxiway for more than 6 HRs, while technicians worked on the problem.
As the plane was finally taxiing out at 05:00 Sunday morning, the Northwest crew realized they couldn't make the flight without breaking the work hour rules. So, they ended up taxiing back to the terminal.
After being stuck on board the plane for 10 HRs the passengers were finally allowed to leave the aircraft.
Northwest spokesman Dean Breest said passengers were offered hotel accommodations for the inconvenience, and that most went back to Minneapolis-St. Paul to board another plane for London.
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