JFK-OAK scheduled diversion to SLC?
Oct 13, 2014, 12:55 pm
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JFK-OAK scheduled diversion to SLC?
My flight this afternoon (B6 #167) from JFK-OAK is now scheduled to divert to SLC before continuing on to OAK. This was announced 2+ hours before the flight even leaves JFK. I've never seen a planned diversion like that before. Any idea what that could be about? Extra cargo? Can't load a full load of fuel?
Oct 15, 2014, 7:06 am
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We have been seeing this a little more frequently out of Boston on the BOS-SJC flight. Winds have been abnormally strong for this time of the year so the flights have been stopping in SLC for fuel. More recently the problem had been with Chicago ARTCC being closed so we'd have to route around their airspace which has been adding flight time.