Govt.: Air Passengers Have No Recourse

"The airline can't say, 'We didn't know, we didn't anticipate, this didn't happen before,'" Oberstar said.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said Thursday she will introduce a bill to give passengers the right to get off the airplane if it's been on the ground for more than three hours past its scheduled departure time.

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Associated Press writer David Caruso contributed from New York.

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On the Net:

To link to American Airlines' conditions of carriage:

http://www.aa.com (search site for 'conditions of carriage')

Passenger Bill of Rights Advocates: http://www.strandedpassengers.blogspot.com

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