men , women and children who boarded a united express from kansas city , missouri , to denver , colorado , were instead diverted to colorado springs due to bad weather .
the 6 am flight took just an hour and a half to get to the unscheduled stop at colorado springs - but then languished for another six hours , before everybody was ordered off anyway .
but passengers were told that if they got off , that would be the end of their trip and ran out of necessary supplies .