The internet has been abuzz with news about the contestants on the newest season of
Dancing with the Stars that kicks off Monday, but we barely heard anything from the people wielding the might
DWTS paddles this season. Chad Ochocinco, for instance, essentially
cautioned the folks to go easy on him, but we barely heard a squeak from the judges.
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Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba had to endure a 16-hour scare aboard a Virgin America flight when the plane she took from Los Angeles to New York ended up delayed and forced to land at a different airport, Access Hollywood reports. Her Tweet summed up the experience:
"Was stuck on a plane for five hours on a Tarmac. They ran out of food, a woman was escorted off by police and I'm grateful to new friends... Sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Made some new friends despite the crazy situation," she wrote.
The plane was supposed to land in New York's JFK, but bad weather forced it to land at Stewart Airport in Newburg, New York, some 90 miles north of New York City.
Inaba added: "Can't help mother nature but to leave people on the Tarmac for 5 hours should not be acceptable. People were panicking and they had no food."
The
Dancing with the Stars judge took it upon herself to call the airline authorities to get everyone compensated for the harrowing ordeal.
She posted later: "Great news! Just got off the phone w/ the CEO of @virginamerica - he's going to refund everyone for yesterday's flight. He apologized."
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Talking to Access Hollywood, however, a rep for the airline insisted that water was provided for guests and they were allowed to leave the aircraft through the hold to enter the airport. The rep conceded, though, that they did run out of food at the two-hour mark.
Source:
Access Hollywood(Image courtesy of ABC)