Seahawks EWR-SEA charter diverted to MSP
Feb 3, 2014, 8:03 pm
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And while we're here talking about the Seahawks, for folks who missed this thread over in TravelBuzz...super cool move by Boeing:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE12
And back on topic the DL charter SEA-EWR out to the game:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22260611-post23.html
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/BOE12
And back on topic the DL charter SEA-EWR out to the game:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22260611-post23.html
Feb 3, 2014, 8:32 pm
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No hard alcohol at all. Just light beer and wine. In fact, not much beer and wine for the number of meals that were ordered. Could the players be prohibited from consuming alcohol on the team charter flights?
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Feb 4, 2014, 7:13 am
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Feb 4, 2014, 8:18 am
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Feb 4, 2014, 8:34 am
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Feb 4, 2014, 7:09 pm
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Feb 4, 2014, 10:17 pm
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Could it be a fuel stop? A half hour isn't much time for refueling or especially to attend to a mechanical problem. If the diversion is medical or to kick off a rowdy passenger, I wouldn't have expected them to plan it so far in advance of landing rather than landing at the next airport on their planned route that can accept a 767. I was about to guess that this would mean DTW, but their flight path looks north of PIT and DTW, with a bulls eye to MSP.
It will be interesting to see whether local news picks this up.
It will be interesting to see whether local news picks this up.
A fuel stop on a 763 going transcon? No way. I bet it's a timed-out crew that needs to swap out. If you look at the differences between departure times as reported by DL.dumb and FlightAware, that looks like about a 2-hour taxi out. That might just be enough to time out the crews.
DL8878 is diverting to SLC and DL8877 is diverting to DTW. These are staff & cheerleader charters, I believe.
Not surprisingly, our friends over at A.net are discussing this too: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5986372/
DL8878 is diverting to SLC and DL8877 is diverting to DTW. These are staff & cheerleader charters, I believe.
Not surprisingly, our friends over at A.net are discussing this too: http://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo....main/5986372/
"They fuel stopped...one in MSP, one in DTW, and one in SLC... The headwinds plus contaminated runways in EWR did not allow for a full payload and fuel all the way to SEA."