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U.S. Considers Wider Tarmac Rule After Virgin Atlantic Incident
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The U.S. may force airlines to release passengers on overseas flights that become stranded after a diverted Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. flight renewed demands for additional regulation.
The Transportation Department may expand the rule requiring airlines to let passengers off planes after three hours, or pay fines. “We’re looking at whether the public supports an expansion of the hard deadline,” spokeswoman Olivia Alair said in an e-mail.