Originally Posted by thezipper
As to why they didn't use PDX... thats the big question as NW has facilities there, crew there, personel, gate agents, etc. to support their A/C. Also, there is immigration at PDX, so they could have cleared everyone. Since one poster mentioned the weather was fine... I'm wondering why they didn't land in PDX either...
The only crew in PDX are the crew that are off duty from the NRT or HNL flights. I highly doubt any of them would be legal to work any flight. Also, the PDX flights are an A330 and this is a DC 10. Different Pilots.