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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 2:31 pm
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Originally Posted by pete4abw
I was just curious why they did not divert to JAX which was the ultimate termination of 724. In my mind, they could have landed there, then gone to FLL. Of course, that would have stranded any fares waiting in FLL trying to get to JAX. Tough decisions all.
While an unplanned fuel stop isn't common (I've had none in my 185 flights in the last few years), it's routine enough that everyone knows how to handle it, and the best way is by keeping it simple: stop, refuel, and get going. No passenger shuffling, no baggage changes (the holds are last-in-first-out, so they would have had to unload all the bags going to FLL to get the ones going to JAX), and all-around fewer chances for something to get messed up.
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