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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 5:31 pm
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not always

Originally Posted by rcs85551
Certainly not. Delta has set divert stations for every type of equipment; all of them are stations with actual Delta personel capable of handling widebodies if applicable.

Delta will not divert any of their aircraft to a station like MSP or MKE except for an emergency situation that requires them to use the next available airport.

If the aircraft can safely fly to a designated divert station, it will.
Not always. Look at the B767 last week from ATL-PHX that diverted to LIT. The station didn't have a towbar to push-back and passengers were stranded overnight.

http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news...312008-CR.html
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