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Mechanical problems on two Hawaiian Airlines aircraft stranded 180 passengers overnight Monday in Los Angeles and delayed their scheduled arrival in Honolulu for more than 32 hours.
Passengers on a nonstop flight originally scheduled to fly from Las Vegas to Honolulu and land at 12:15 p.m. Monday were expected to arrive in Hawaii at 8:35 p.m. Tuesday from Los Angeles, according to the airline.
The lengthy delay stemmed from mechanical problems on both the original Airbus A333-200 aircraft coming out of Las Vegas and a replacement A330.
The original flight left Las Vegas on Monday morning with 284 passengers. The aircraft was 20 minutes off the West Coast when the pilot noticed that an indicator light showed a possible problem with the aircraft’s air-conditioning system. The pilot decided to divert to Los Angeles, where the plane landed at 10:30 a.m.
Hawaiian was able to place 104 of the 284 passengers on other airlines flying to neighbor islands on Monday.
The remaining 180 passengers were to leave Los Angeles on Tuesday morning on a replacement plane. The passengers were fed and put up in hotel rooms. But their troubles continued Tuesday when it turned out the replacement plane had a maintenance problem, a faulty sensor light, and could not be used.
The 180 passengers were booked on a regularly scheduled Hawaiian flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu at 6 p.m. Tuesday and an additional 151 passengers who were bumped off their scheduled flight at that time received $100 travel vouchers and were due to leave at 11:30 p.m. and arrive in Honolulu at 2:25 a.m. Wednesday.
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Star-Advertiser reporter Craig Gima contributed to this story.
