but it was diverted to manchester, new hampshire. a passenger posted this picture of people getting off the plane during the storm still 250 miles from home and what's worse, manchester isn't an international airport so passengers had to wait on the plane until custom agents could drive from portland maine to process them. >> had to wait for customs >> reporter: the plan was to get them on to an early flight to jfk but by this point some rented cars. 90 wary travelers boarded a flight from new hampshire to new york but didn't land at jfk. 45 mile-per-hour winds were just too much and the plane turned around this time landing in boston. >> it was really bad. i never experienced turbulence like that. i thought the plane was going to break in half. >> reporter: after the storm finally passed, they're now back in new york, a frustrating 30 hours later than they expected. >> today, was someone funny, we thought they were joking because how could it happen twice? but it did and it's good to be home. >> reporter: tim caputo, 7news. templeto