DTW Shutdown Currently Due To Ice
Nov 22, 2014, 6:56 am
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DTW Shutdown Currently Due To Ice
Currently DTW is not accepting landings and no planes are taking off due to icy conditions. Looks like another hour or so before the temps warm up and the ice turns to rain.
A red eye from PDX skidded off the runway after landing this morning.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/d...tions/29877440
A red eye from PDX skidded off the runway after landing this morning.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/d...tions/29877440
Nov 22, 2014, 8:13 am
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Things are starting to move at DTW -- a spot check of a couple of flights indicates things are running about 2.5 hours late -- getting there by car maybe a bigger issue.
Bob H.
Bob H.
Nov 22, 2014, 10:05 am
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It's too bad they are flying on the same day as their cruise departure. Did the book flights through the cruise line? If so they might have some hope of catching up to it at the next port.
Last edited by TTT; Nov 22, 2014 at 10:12 am
Nov 22, 2014, 10:11 am
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Friends don't let friends book flights on same day of cruise departure. ~hundreds - ~thousands spent on cruise fare - spend the extra hundreds on one night hotel and arrive day prior!
Nov 22, 2014, 11:14 am
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I agree...wife and I found out about the trip this morning. We have traveled all around the world and yet immediate family member refuse to ask our advice. Hope everything works out for them. They will have minutes to spare once they touch down at CHS.
Nov 22, 2014, 12:27 pm
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Curious about which flight they are on. I see DL6390 is in-flight with estimated arrival at 2:52PM (scheduled arrival is 2:28PM). Carnival shows a 3:00PM check-in cutoff. Did they really book a flight with 2:28PM scheduled arrival for a cruise with a 3:00PM check-in cutoff? Crazy.
Nov 22, 2014, 1:51 pm
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Curious about which flight they are on. I see DL6390 is in-flight with estimated arrival at 2:52PM (scheduled arrival is 2:28PM). Carnival shows a 3:00PM check-in cutoff. Did they really book a flight with 2:28PM scheduled arrival for a cruise with a 3:00PM check-in cutoff? Crazy.
Nov 22, 2014, 3:24 pm
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Nov 22, 2014, 4:24 pm
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My Plat friend was on DL 394, PDX-DTW, the one that went off the taxiway and closed ruwnay 21L.
DL offered them 5000 SkyPesos.
I felt that was insulting, as I had a previous situation where we diverted, but then went back to our original airport to land--the computer said it cxld and they automatically credited 25k.
LiveATC audio had the previous landing report decent braking action on the runway, but slippage on the taxiway. Monday morning quarterbacks may say they should have diverted, but at that hour, coming off a redeye, there's very little pilot reports to compare.
DL offered them 5000 SkyPesos.
I felt that was insulting, as I had a previous situation where we diverted, but then went back to our original airport to land--the computer said it cxld and they automatically credited 25k.
LiveATC audio had the previous landing report decent braking action on the runway, but slippage on the taxiway. Monday morning quarterbacks may say they should have diverted, but at that hour, coming off a redeye, there's very little pilot reports to compare.
Nov 22, 2014, 9:28 pm
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Yeah, that is problem. They couldn't get out of airports. They were unable to fly out from DTW. The weather is so terrible. I think the flight is being cancelled tonight. This is not a good days. Hopefully in a few days. They will get better.