this plane diverted to YYR. YYT was in similar range...for a plane to divert to yyr over yyt means this pilot wanted to get the plane on the ground asap....so i think a lot of people are not realizing the seriousness of this.
but mind you we can agree ua screwed up recovery
but also mind you the closest major city is...far...Americans (Canadians included) kinda forget how remote and sparse Canada is.
https://www.google.co.za/maps/dir/St...53.3016826!3e0
i think ua had few choices. still sucks, but it's not like we know they had a spare in EWR that they were too cheap to use (unless someone on here has proven that?)