Passenger Stranded By British Airways Got His Own Private United Airlines 737 To Take Him Home

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After a British Airways London–Chicago flight diverted to Cincinnati during storms, one passenger says BA left him to figure out his own way home. A helpful airport employee got him onto a delayed United flight to Chicago, and by the time it finally departed, every other passenger had disappeared, leaving him with an entire Boeing 737, first class, snacks, cockpit photos, and announcements all to himself.