Savannah woman shares her experience on Delta Airlines Flight 555

A Delta Airlines 737 rolls down runway 10L for takeoff at Portland International Airport

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After a Las Vegas flight with reported mechanical issues left some travelers stranded for days, and others in the hospital, a Savannah woman is telling News 3 about her experience trying to make it home to her family.

Delta Flight 555 was originally scheduled to leave the airport on Saturday, but one passenger says after a flight attendant chose to get off the already boarded flight, leaving the airplane short-staffed and sitting on the tarmac for over an hour, the engine overheated.

Savannah resident Katherine Ives says the incident led to airport staff attempting to reboard the same plane over the next 3 days, coming to a head when multiple passengers on the re-boarded plane overheated after over an hour without air conditioning in triple-digit heat.

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