Originally Posted by
spikerjack
What is even sadder/funnier is that I checked on #908 on FlightAware right then to see what those poor people ended up enduring (still not reported by VX web site):
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VRD908
So clearly they tried to get there, circled forever, thought about LAX, and then returned to SFO at 3:46p.
It looks like they saw what was coming up from the south then quickly changed their mind about LAX.