"Passengers were delayed by two days after a snowstorm and an issue with their plane earlier this week. Singapore Airlines Flight 21 was scheduled to take off from Newark last Sunday at 9:35 a.m. The journey to Singapore is the second-longest flight in the world, narrowly shorter than the airline's route from JFK Airport. However, airports in and around New York City faced huge disruption due to a snowstorm. Runways had to be temporarily closed for de-icing."
"The airline provided them with overnight hotel accommodations and meal vouchers, it added. Flight 21 was then rescheduled as Flight 9021 and was scheduled to take off around midday on Monday. However, it was delayed and pushed into the following day for a second time The airline's statement cited a fault with the airport's baggage-handling system, as well as an issue with the Airbus A350's front landing gear. A spare part was needed to fix the plane."
Singapore Airlines Flight 21 was scheduled to depart Newark on Sunday at 9:35 a.m. for the airline’s second-longest nonstop route to Singapore. A New York-area snowstorm caused runway closures for de-icing and forced an initial postponement; all 151 passengers disembarked and received hotel accommodations and meal vouchers. The service was rescheduled as Flight 9021 for Monday but faced a second delay because of a baggage-handling fault and a front landing-gear issue that required a spare part. Passengers received further hotel stays and vouchers, and some were rebooked. Flight 9021 departed Tuesday morning and arrived in Singapore after just over 18 hours.
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