Passengers on multiple United Airlines flights say they were stranded aboard planes for hours at Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday, with some flights eventually canceled after lengthy delays on the tarmac. Alan Tuerkheimer said he boarded his flight home to Chicago at 5:40 p.m., but what followed turned into a seemingly never-ending nightmare. “We boarded the plane at 5:40 p.m. — that’s when all the chaos and problems ensued. We ended up sitting on the tarmac for seven hours,” Tuerkheimer said. Federal Department of Transportation rules ban most U.S. airlines from letting a domestic flight stay on the tarmac for more than three hours unless the pilot determines there is a security reason or air traffic control advises the pilot that taxiing to the gate would significantly disrupt airport operations. United Airlines blamed severe weather striking the Northeast. Does that justify hours on the tarmac? #united #airline #travel #airplane #newark #airport #news