Tag Archives: diversion

The answer, sadly, is yes. We just had a case of this with British Airways on a Heathrow to Tokyo flight. From the Daily Mail: Passengers on a British Airways flight to Tokyo were forced to suffer a 6,000-mile ‘flight to nowhere’ after the plane they were on returned to Heathrow …

After a confrontation between a passenger and the crew, a Delta flight was not only diverted, but escorted back by F-16 fighter jets. This Los Angeles bound flight left San Antonio, but had to divert to Tuscon.  The passenger was causing trouble earlier in the flight and kept arguing with …

The temperatures in Phoenix are breaking records, and I learned something new.  Apparently, once it gets above a certain temperature outside, you cannot guarantee the integrity of the plane upon landing.  So United flight 6186 was turned back due to the 120 degree weather outside. According to ABC13: United flight …

I wrote yesterday about a flight that landed after many passengers got ill.  The strange part was that it dropped suddenly when it landed. CNN reports that some passengers were losing consciousness on the flight.  Some passengers reported seeing spots and feeling pressure. According to ABC: Despite the company’s statement, …

I’ve been on a diverted flight before and I felt trapped sitting on the tarmac while the airport figured out what to do with us. A United flight en route to Denver was diverted to Colorado Springs where it sat on the tarmac for seven hours before being cancelled. Even though …