On August 16, 2025, Charlotte Douglas International Airport experienced a rare and dramatic aviation mishap that left hundreds of passengers stranded for nearly half a day. A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320, tail number N365FR, scheduled to operate Flight F93134 from Charlotte to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, became inoperable when a ground air-conditioning hose was sucked into one of its engines during pre-departure preparations.
The incident, witnessed by both ground crew and waiting passengers, highlighted how quickly routine operations can spiral into chaos. The aircraft had arrived earlier that morning from Philadelphia as Flight F92387, landing at 10:25 a.m. By early afternoon, boarding for the next flight was underway when the accident occurred.
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