Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @@thevacationdesk. Right: An airport information board showing flight gate signs (Unsplash photo by CHUTTERSNAP).

Woman Says She Was Number 17 on the Standby List for a Newark to Seoul Flight With 130 Open Seats, Then Watched the Day Fall Apart Between a Tokyo Backup Plan and a Damaged Aircraft

@thevacationdesk, who goes by “Alex | Professional Vacationer,” filmed a 93 second update from Newark Liberty…