ofohsho
Jan 14, 12, 7:31 am
Hi all,
Does anyone any information about a flight that landed between 10-11pm last night at Quebec City Airport?
Apparently everyone was safe, but whatever happened, it led to quite an ordeal for United 5833.
Our flight was supposed to land at YQB from ORD at about 9:45pm. Upon descent, the captain informed us that a flight just ahead of ours had declared an emergency landing and would be given priority while we remained in a hold. After circling for about 30 minutes, the captain informed us that the flight with the emergency landing had evacuated on the runway, that everyone was safe, but the weather had "deteriorated" and we were "now at critical fuel level" and couldn't afford to land in Quebec, and nearby YUL's weather was just as bad. We had to divert instead to Bangor, Maine (a rough, nerve-wracking landing). Not only was the airport more or less closed for the evening, but it doesn't serve United and did not have a customs office (even though we had never touched Canadian soil, the US Customs official claimed that we had been "in Canada" and thus had to go through customs). We waited on the plane for a while as the team tried to resolve the situation. Eventually, the captain said he had more bad news; after 30 more minutes, he could no longer legally fly. He decided to call for an immediate take off, and flew us 20 minutes away to Portland, Maine, where we were able to deplane and get hotels for the night (never did pass through customs, ahem).
The crew did a FANTASTIC job of remaining friendly, open, and "down-to-earth" (har har) throughout the entire evening. But, as we continue this little adventure (currently waiting will all original passengers and crew at Portland for a flight out), we are curious as to what the emergency was that led to all these diversions! There doesn't seem to be any information anywhere.
Woo, that was a rambling post.
Thanks for any info :)
Does anyone any information about a flight that landed between 10-11pm last night at Quebec City Airport?
Apparently everyone was safe, but whatever happened, it led to quite an ordeal for United 5833.
Our flight was supposed to land at YQB from ORD at about 9:45pm. Upon descent, the captain informed us that a flight just ahead of ours had declared an emergency landing and would be given priority while we remained in a hold. After circling for about 30 minutes, the captain informed us that the flight with the emergency landing had evacuated on the runway, that everyone was safe, but the weather had "deteriorated" and we were "now at critical fuel level" and couldn't afford to land in Quebec, and nearby YUL's weather was just as bad. We had to divert instead to Bangor, Maine (a rough, nerve-wracking landing). Not only was the airport more or less closed for the evening, but it doesn't serve United and did not have a customs office (even though we had never touched Canadian soil, the US Customs official claimed that we had been "in Canada" and thus had to go through customs). We waited on the plane for a while as the team tried to resolve the situation. Eventually, the captain said he had more bad news; after 30 more minutes, he could no longer legally fly. He decided to call for an immediate take off, and flew us 20 minutes away to Portland, Maine, where we were able to deplane and get hotels for the night (never did pass through customs, ahem).
The crew did a FANTASTIC job of remaining friendly, open, and "down-to-earth" (har har) throughout the entire evening. But, as we continue this little adventure (currently waiting will all original passengers and crew at Portland for a flight out), we are curious as to what the emergency was that led to all these diversions! There doesn't seem to be any information anywhere.
Woo, that was a rambling post.
Thanks for any info :)