Delta flight from Indianapolis to Paris diverted to Detroit after FA assault & vomit
Jun 16, 2019, 9:08 am
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Delta provides non-stop service from IND to ATL, DTW, MSP, BOS, LGA, JFK, RDU, MCO, RSW, CUN, SLC, SEA, LAX and CDG.
Jun 16, 2019, 9:28 am
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Jun 16, 2019, 10:26 am
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damn that's funny, I'm glad IND has non-stop service to Europe, but it does seem out of place on the route map. back in the day I once rode on that famous IND-CVG Delta route, to catch another flight at CVG obviously when it was a DL hub.
Jun 16, 2019, 3:14 pm
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The flight was deplaned and passengers were booked overnight before taking off on Friday morning for Paris.
If they took off in the am, one wouldn't miss their hotel reservation. Looks like the flight, DL 9900, left at 9:51 am, arriving at 11:40 pm. It would have been nicer to arrive at 10:40 pm but it's always a balance between leaving too early.
Looks like the plane flew to New York, south of Rochester, then turned around to DTW.
>> If they arrived at 8:08 pm and the flight was cancelled at 9:45 pm and the recommended check in was at 7 am, what would you do? Would you rush to get your own hotel then seek reimbursement or wait for hotel vouchers and arrive in your hotel room at midnight and leave the hotel by 6:15 am?
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Jun 16, 2019, 7:04 pm
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>> If they arrived at 8:08 pm and the flight was cancelled at 9:45 pm and the recommended check in was at 7 am, what would you do? Would you rush to get your own hotel then seek reimbursement or wait for hotel vouchers and arrive in your hotel room at midnight and leave the hotel by 6:15 am?
If I was flying coach, it would depend on how cheap the nearby hotel prices were. If they were under $100, I'd probably just get a room and get some sleep.
Jun 17, 2019, 9:35 am
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Wow they really had to backtrack to get to DTW: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...223Z/KIND/KDTW
I wonder if that was chosen because it was the nearest DL hub and could easily do cleaning and new crew? Or needed to burn/dump fuel before landing a 767-heavy? Seems like they were a lot closer to BUF or ROC, but maybe they only do closest airport for medical emergency?
I wonder if that was chosen because it was the nearest DL hub and could easily do cleaning and new crew? Or needed to burn/dump fuel before landing a 767-heavy? Seems like they were a lot closer to BUF or ROC, but maybe they only do closest airport for medical emergency?
Jun 17, 2019, 9:44 am
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I would assume that a 767 could land at ROC/BUF/SYR, but it's not completely obvious, nor would those airports necessarily have the necessary aircraft stairs or even gates with jetway setups for a 767. Passenger handling (rebooking, meal and hotel vouchers) would be a mess at any of these outstations. It's not clear how quickly the airport ground handling agents could get staff to do a deep cleaning of the affected portion of the aircraft interior and change air filters, etc.
DTW would have experience in all of this and also probably have replacement FAs sitting reserve at the airport and 767-qualified cockpit crew required to be available on short notice within ready commuting distance.
DTW would have experience in all of this and also probably have replacement FAs sitting reserve at the airport and 767-qualified cockpit crew required to be available on short notice within ready commuting distance.
Jun 17, 2019, 9:52 am
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Wow they really had to backtrack to get to DTW: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...223Z/KIND/KDTW
I wonder if that was chosen because it was the nearest DL hub and could easily do cleaning and new crew? Or needed to burn/dump fuel before landing a 767-heavy? Seems like they were a lot closer to BUF or ROC, but maybe they only do closest airport for medical emergency?
I wonder if that was chosen because it was the nearest DL hub and could easily do cleaning and new crew? Or needed to burn/dump fuel before landing a 767-heavy? Seems like they were a lot closer to BUF or ROC, but maybe they only do closest airport for medical emergency?
The fact that DTW has multiple daily flights to CDG makes the decision even easier.
Jun 17, 2019, 10:57 am
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Was JFK having its own weather or other IROPs problems? I know the UA "hard landing" apparently caused EWR to lose a runway (as well as close the airport temporarily?), with EWR flights being diverted to other airports in the NYC and beyond area. Maybe NYC ATC was too busy to handle such a diversion.
Jun 17, 2019, 11:02 am
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Also if people chose to just cancel their plans and head home (think 1-2 day business trips, or missed events) it's a lot easier to get people back to IND from DTW than from JFK.