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    It was over 100 degrees in Las Vegas as Delta airline passengers were stuck in the stifling cabin for hours

    by Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times Jul 21, 2023 4 minutes
    A plane lands at Harry Reid International Airport on October 14, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    When Derek Clarke first took his seat on Delta's flight 555 from Las Vegas to Atlanta on Monday, he noticed that the cabin felt toasty. The temperature outside was in the triple digits that afternoon as a prolonged and record-breaking heatwave choked much of the Southwest.

    Maybe the plane's air conditioning hadn't come on yet, he thought briefly before slipping on his headphones and scrolling through the movie selections.

    But the situation deteriorated, with some passengers and crew falling ill and ending with a canceled flight that joined the litany of airline horror stories across social media. The Department of Transportation is investigating the incident, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Reuters news agency.

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