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Old Oct 4, 2024 | 7:33 am
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Originally Posted by mvogel
What I don't understand is that if the flight attendant was ill, why didn't we land earlier in Gander or Halifax rather than flying an hour to Boston. And given how close Boston is to EWR (probably only an additional 20 minutes of flying time) why did they inconvenience all 167 passengers and bear the time and cost of rebooking rather than just fly the additional time to EWR? It just didn't make sense to me to fly to Boston.
The answers to those questions would be based on the details of the situation which none of us know.

The decision to divert, and the selection of the diversion airport, are deliberate decisions made through consultation between the Captain, Dispatcher, FODM, and the doctors at MedLink.
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