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Old Dec 30, 2015 | 2:46 pm
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Originally Posted by TomMM
When a flight diverts due to crew timeout, what happens to the original crew? Are they ferried back to their home base? Yesterday's UA895 ORD-HKG was delay 8+ hours and then diverted to SFO which I am assuming was due to the crew timing out. Does the ORD crew ride back home or would they pickup a new flight after resting?
Any or all of the above. It depends on the specifics of the situation and the status of the crewmembers and their schedules.
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