Air Delay: Packers Suffer Delay to Face Cardinals
An unexpected setback affected the Green Bay Packers’ trip to Phoenix, prior to Sunday’s crucial match against the Arizona Cardinals. The plane carrying the players and coaches experienced a significant delay, altering the team’s travel plans. The flight, which was supposed to depart for Phoenix on Saturday, was delayed more than five hours. According to sources close to the team, the problem originated in one of the charter aircraft used by the Packers. The Packers use two charter planes for their transfers. The source revealed that the plane assigned to the players and coaching staff presented a technical failure, which forced them to look for a replacement aircraft from Detroit.Meanwhile, the staff plane, which usually departs first, took off on time, at 1:15 p.m. CT. The second plane, the players’ plane, was scheduled to leave at 1:30 p.m. CT.
It is likely that the problem with the second plane was discovered too late to move the players and coaches to the first available plane. Finally, the plane with the players and coaches took off at 7:05 p.m. CT. It was expected to land in Phoenix at 8:32 p.m. local time, which represents a delay of 5 hours and 14 minutes compared to the scheduled time. The game between the Packers and the Cardinals is scheduled to start at 1:25 p.m. MT.