Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
AID = Anderson, Indiana. I've never heard of the place and I'm suspicious that it can't handle mainline aircraft. It would be a very odd choice for a diversion in that even if an emergency landing is necessary, there's a tendency to aim for airports with good emergency services rather than small rural airstrips.
OTOH, if it's a charter, could this be for some athletic team or even a group of fans going to a bowl game?
If it was a charter it would have landed there and they would not have corrected the diversion in one minute. An operator mistyped the diversion: wrote AID instead of IAD.
The original flight was supposed to be EWR as the original gate of arrival was consistent with the numbering in Terminal C of EWR.