Originally Posted by
FlyingHoustonian
I was on PHL-IAH 1798 this morning...circled over the Gulf of xxxxxxxxx just south of Lafayette and finally vectors down newr Palacious and around. On final at about what seemed like ~400 ft agl we gunned it and went around then diverted to CRP for gas. There were several UA diversions at CRP so pf course gas truck was empty so we waited on a refill finally got up to IAH just before 3pm into E2 4 hours tardy. Several folks near me were connecting to MEX and SAT no idea how they fared.
Now the Hertz rental car system is down and I am waiting an hour to get out of the rental car facility...
7 hours on a 737...at least it was up front.
This seems like an odd diversion.
Maybe did some other aircraft not clear the runway at IAH while you are on the final approach?