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Old Feb 17, 2011 | 9:37 pm
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Originally Posted by maortega15
Since it was already 8 hours into the flight as stated, It came to my mind, why YYZ? Should have diverted to NRT which is a few more hours away instead of wasting 8 more hours back to YYZ.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/C...855Z/KJFK/VHHH

Given the route, I would have favored YFB or THU.

Given the turnaround point, it looks like 8hrs total flight, not 8hrs from JFK. I'm still curious why they didn't just return to JFK - not significantly further, and fewer headaches for pax.
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