Passengers on a United Airlines flight spent hours trapped in sweltering heat without consistent access to water, as outside temperatures climbed above 110 degrees Fahrenheit.

The original poster (OP), user PipeZestyclose2288, took to Reddit to recount the incident, which took place on United Airlines Flight UA1989 from Las Vegas to Denver .

According to their post, they had boarded at 8:20 a.m., only to sit on the tarmac for more than six hours.

"Requests for water went unanswered for long stretches, and I saw multiple passengers expressing discomfort and distress," the OP wrote.

"They didn't hand water out until 5+ hours on the plane . Seventeen ended up deplaning, clearly overwhelmed by the situation.

"The reason we were given that we couldn't take off was that it was t

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