Some of those people caught at RSW will not return home till up coming week, due to weekend storms

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LEE COUNTY

On Sunday, WINK News initial alerted you to the delays and cancellations of flights that storms were being producing at RSW and other airports across the condition.

Now, we’re mastering that some of the countless numbers of folks stranded at Southwest Florida International Airport could not be capable to depart until eventually future 7 days.

At very last look at, only 50% of flights were being having off on time and this nightmare has created annoyance for numerous.

There is excellent information and undesirable information: the fantastic news is that you can see on the board that very a number of of the flights are on time. The negative information is that there are not adequate seats to deal with the countless numbers of men and women who got trapped on Sunday since of the storms.

Deidre Thomas was intended to be back household in Indianapolis by now. She doesn’t want to spend a further working day in Southwest Florida but storms on Sunday night time forced Spirit Airlines to terminate her flight household.

The future offered flight household is a 7 days from Tuesday.

“I went ‘next Tuesday?’ He reported ‘yeah and I said I just can’t hold out right until future Tuesday, I want to be home today,’” Thomas claimed. “I was intended to have my coronavirus shot tomorrow, the first a single in Indianapolis and in addition I function. So I have to get in touch with operate now and notify them I really don’t know when I’m finding home.”

Thomas is a person of people thousands of men and women who stood in these strains hoping to get on a  aircraft out of right here. The airways ended up canceling 137 flights.

Richard Squire states though he’s hopeful, he won’t bet funds that he’s leaving on Monday.

“There’s no guarantee, I’m booked for tomorrow, but I’m on stand-by for these days. So I really do not know what’s heading to occur,” Squire claimed.

Squire states he and his wife get turns standing in line, waiting for the very good information that there will be seats offered for them.

“Everybody feels the exact way, everybody is extremely upset,” said Squire.

“It’s mad, unquestionably outrageous,” Thomas stated.

Folks who say airlines cannot help them for times are looking at other ways to get back again household these kinds of as leasing autos or RVs.