Originally Posted by AEpilot76
Closest suitable could be one with:
Better emergency equipment
Maintanence base
Could be an AA/AE station
Longer Runways
Better Weather
Obviously the 3 experienced pilots and the dispatcher decided that JFK was the most suitable diversion airport. Everyone is safe, and most likely everything went very smoothly
AE - thx for the clarification - i assumed closest suitable meant w a runway long enough to accomodate