Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
Accommodating pax is pretty much the lowest priority in such an emergency
Agreed. But there were a number of major airports closer than YYZ from where they turned around. YUL, BOS, JFK, and EWR were all closer. It doesn't seem to have been a get-on-the-ground-as-soon-as-possible emergency.
Either way, I'm not second guessing the decision to return to Toronto. I'm sure they did the right thing under the circumstances. I have no idea what was going on other than what I read. I was just trying to think of possible reasons why they wouldn't land somewhere like JFK with high Emirates traffic. Immigration was one thing that came to mind.