Traveler stuck in JFK airport overnight reveals the bizarre changes the staff made to empty terminal

A flier has gone viral aft changes made successful the aboriginal hours of the greeting astatine John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) made him person a seemingly atrocious experience.

Hunter Hoffman was waiting for a 5 americium formation retired of JFK erstwhile helium discovered alarming changes that the airdrome went nether overnight.

Hoffman claimed successful his TikTok video that the airdrome 'cranked up the music,' unopen down h2o fountains and turned down the country temperature.

He past claimed that outlets were turned disconnected and that helium struggled to slumber fixed the armrests connected seating.

The TikToker's video has received much than 173,000 views since helium posted it connected Tuesday.

Hoffman claimed each the charging ports astatine his gross were moving hours earlier helium created his video.

Airports usually support them connected each night, but immoderate locations unopen them down temporarily to debar foodstuff jacking - a cyber onslaught involving hackers stealing accusation oregon installing malware connected devices plugged into USB stations.

'Bad actors person figured retired ways to usage nationalist USB ports to present malware and monitoring bundle onto devices,' the FBI Denver bureau tweeted successful 2023.

'Carry your ain charger and USB cord and usage an electrical outlet instead.'

It's unclear wherefore JFK allegedly turned down its terminal country somesthesia portion Hoffman was there, but the acold somesthesia is not abnormal.

Most airports are located successful areas with little shielding from wind, and acold aerial is usually preferred for formation operations.

It tin besides beryllium the effect of the upwind extracurricular of the airdrome and not the airport's cooling system.

As for the chairs, it's communal for airports worldwide to person chairs with armrests, contempt Reddit users believing they're 'near impossible' to slumber successful during delays oregon layovers.

College pupil and Michigan autochthonal Bella Bakeman besides had an uncomfortable overnight acquisition astatine JFK successful 2023, according to The Albion Pleiad.

Worried and unsocial astatine 9:15 astatine night, Bakeman settled successful astatine JFK to marque definite she would drawback her 8:20 formation to London.

The flier sat connected what she said was a 'horrendous, unvacuumed carpet' and uncomfortably waited for her flight.

'Being unsocial successful an airdrome successful the mediate of the nighttime is simply a unsocial experience,' she wrote. 

'Everything closes by 10 pm, speech from a fewer 24-hour restaurants (none of which were successful my terminal) and determination isn't overmuch to bash but distract yourself with physics devices, work oregon people-watch.'

Multiple TikTokers who watched Hoffman's video shared their ain alleged JFK experiences that were akin to his.

One TikToker claimed JFK makes 'frequent large announcements,' which makes it hard for fliers to spell to sleep.

Another allegedly slept connected the level overnight aft being stuck astatine the airdrome during a blizzard.

At slightest 3 fliers claimed they had atrocious experiences astatine Florida airports, including Miami International and Orlando International.

'This happened to maine astatine the Orlando airport, it got SO acold & the euphony was large popular & country,' a commenter wrote. 

The alleged Florida flier added that they wrapped themselves successful 'random clothes' from their bag, and the bathrooms were temporarily closed.

'As idiosyncratic who's worked successful the airdrome for years my proposal to anyone is question arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible, gives clip to hole mistakes and delays, traveling precocious this volition hap much often than not,' a TikToker wrote.