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August 4th - And the winner of the worst flight of 2022 goes to Air Canada flight AC8968

And the winner of the worst flight of 2022 goes to Air Canada flight AC8968 from Chicago to Montreal. We join Simon on board at 2am after they have been waiting half-an-hour for an airbridge, extending the delay to three hours.


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