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FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2007, file photo taken with a cell phone, stranded passengers aboard JetBlue Flight 751 to Cancun walk around the cabin, while waiting hours to take off at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. The Obama administration took aim Monday Dec. 21, 2009 at tarmac horror stories, ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes to disembark after three hours. With its new regulations, the Transportation Department sent an unequivocal message on the eve of the busy holiday travel season: Don't hold travelers hostage to delayed flights.