Passengers on ‘time machine’ United flight furious after mishap ruins plans to celebrate New Year’s twice
NY Post
They were too late for New Year Happy Hour.
Ecstatic passengers on a “time machine” flight were left fuming after an airline mishap resulted in them missing out on the chance to celebrate the New Year — twice. Tweets detailing the missed NYE two-fer are going viral as time travel hopefuls voiced their chagrin.
The 3,000-mile flight United Airlines flight was scheduled to depart Guam at 7:35 a.m. on January 1, 2024, and land in Honolulu, Hawaii at 6:50 p.m. on December 31, 2023, due to the 20-hour time difference between the two locations, Kennedy News reported.
This meant that passengers would effectively get to travel back to the past and ring in the New Year twice.
“You only live once, but you can celebrate New Year’s Eve twice!” exclaimed United Airlines in an X post announcing the potential Happy Two Year.
Unfortunately, flyers had to say sayonara to their “Back To The Future”-esque fantasy after the seven-hour flight was delayed by six and a half hours.
