Anyone know what happened to DL 680 (uio-atl) this morning?
Dec 7, 2010, 6:46 am
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Anyone know what happened to DL 680 (uio-atl) this morning?
Just wondering if anyone knows why the flight cancelled? The inbound from ATL arrived on time last night. Was the plane damaged or something? This has to impact other schedules since DL doesn't have many 73Ws, right? Any input would be appreciated! Will be interesting to see what happens tonight as there may be 2 73Ws in Quito! I wish I was still there to get a daylight pic because the plane is only usually there in the middle of the night for just over an hour.
Dec 7, 2010, 7:48 am
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Just wondering if anyone knows why the flight cancelled? The inbound from ATL arrived on time last night. Was the plane damaged or something? This has to impact other schedules since DL doesn't have many 73Ws, right? Any input would be appreciated! Will be interesting to see what happens tonight as there may be 2 73Ws in Quito! I wish I was still there to get a daylight pic because the plane is only usually there in the middle of the night for just over an hour.
Dec 7, 2010, 8:09 am
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It is!! The same crew always works ATL-UIO, then UIO-ATL....however, the pilots have to stay in Quito and fly back the next day. The FAs that I have talked to on this flight and the GYE flight love working the route because they pick up ~11 hours and are only away from home from 5pm to 6am. Plus it is a pretty easy flight to work since the return (UIO-ATL) everyone is sleeping.
Dec 7, 2010, 6:10 pm
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Anyone have an update or any information on if the 73W is still in Quito? Ferried somewhere? Being repaired? Just curious what the issue is...
Just noticed that there is the normal flight 680 UIO-ATL tonight (Dec 8 at 12:22am) as well as a 9856 operating UIO-ATL that is showing as delayed until 1:45am. I really wonder what is going on. Could it be that a pilot got sick or something and they had to fly another one down today? Or was it mechanical?
Just noticed that there is the normal flight 680 UIO-ATL tonight (Dec 8 at 12:22am) as well as a 9856 operating UIO-ATL that is showing as delayed until 1:45am. I really wonder what is going on. Could it be that a pilot got sick or something and they had to fly another one down today? Or was it mechanical?
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Dec 8, 2010, 12:19 pm
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Just an update. It appears that the plane that was stuck in Quito for a day made it back to ATL this morning at 6:45am as DL 9856 in revenue service. So no idea what happened to the plane but it must be OK and fixed since it is flying around.
Dec 8, 2010, 12:27 pm
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Any particular reason why you are so interested? Did you have family/friends scheduled on a canceled flight?
Dec 8, 2010, 12:42 pm
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I fly the route quite often and it amazes me how many times the flight either a) diverts b) is significantly delayed or c) makes a fuel stop---could be tied in with a
Somehow though, I have never been on a flight that has diverted or been cancelled. And my wife flies back from Quito tomorrow so I just was looking at flight status the past few days and noticed this. Kind of funny that in the past few weeks flight 673 ATL-UIO diverted to Manta, Ecuador (MEC) and flight 680 UIO-ATL has made a stop in Orlando. My wife has terrible luck flying from Quito, the last two times her flight has had to make a fuel stop in Miami. Curious to see what happens this time as she is coming back for the weekend on the 10th.
Dec 8, 2010, 2:52 pm
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Where better to get info than on FT? Someone may have been on the flight so I figured id ask.
I fly the route quite often and it amazes me how many times the flight either a) diverts b) is significantly delayed or c) makes a fuel stop---could be tied in with a
Somehow though, I have never been on a flight that has diverted or been cancelled. And my wife flies back from Quito tomorrow so I just was looking at flight status the past few days and noticed this. Kind of funny that in the past few weeks flight 673 ATL-UIO diverted to Manta, Ecuador (MEC) and flight 680 UIO-ATL has made a stop in Orlando. My wife has terrible luck flying from Quito, the last two times her flight has had to make a fuel stop in Miami. Curious to see what happens this time as she is coming back for the weekend on the 10th.
I fly the route quite often and it amazes me how many times the flight either a) diverts b) is significantly delayed or c) makes a fuel stop---could be tied in with a
Somehow though, I have never been on a flight that has diverted or been cancelled. And my wife flies back from Quito tomorrow so I just was looking at flight status the past few days and noticed this. Kind of funny that in the past few weeks flight 673 ATL-UIO diverted to Manta, Ecuador (MEC) and flight 680 UIO-ATL has made a stop in Orlando. My wife has terrible luck flying from Quito, the last two times her flight has had to make a fuel stop in Miami. Curious to see what happens this time as she is coming back for the weekend on the 10th.
As for being delayed (B), weather, etc. can play significant factor for that option.
Apr 30, 2018, 3:45 pm
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Yes. DL680 info
DL680 scheduled to depart 4/29 from Quito to ATL was delayed due to an aborted take off when engine caught fire. First told it was a tire issue then told compressor issue with engine fire. All passengers sent to hotel and return this morning to the airport. Their flight is in air now departing shortly after 3pm. Unfortunately this may create havoc as connecting flights may be missed ???? My son relayed this info as he is a passenger on this flight.
Apr 30, 2018, 3:51 pm
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nothing like re-opening a 7-year-old thread and finding that the UIO-ATL flight number is still the same
Apr 30, 2018, 4:14 pm
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I'll bet many people who searched and found this thread (Anyone know what happened to DL 680 (uio-atl) this morning?) might not notice that it was an old thread.
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Apr 30, 2018, 4:40 pm
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But something did happen to the same flight *this* morning.
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