Jan 31, 2019, 12:09 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
For domestic flight issues, use Consolidated cancelled/delayed domestic flights [2019]
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Previous international delayed / cancelled report threads
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Consolidated delayed/cancelled international flights (2019)
Sep 19, 2019, 5:53 am
#166
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Might have to do with staff available at 3-4am to deal with hundreds of passengers, Brussels being an hour later might of have been the better option
Sep 19, 2019, 5:59 am
#167
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Looks like it took off from BRU about 80 minutes ago on way to EWR.
BTW, UA91 is TLV-EWR.
BTW, UA91 is TLV-EWR.
Sep 19, 2019, 6:12 am
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Sep 19, 2019, 7:42 am
#169
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Yes, coded as medical:
Code:
0091/18SEP P TLV/OUT 1125P ON TIME EST OFF 1150P P TLV/OFF 1147P P BRU/ON 413A P BRU/IN 420A P BRU/OUT 1237P P BRU/OFF 1258P P EWR/ETA 159P L09.29 FLIGHT PREPARATION D FCF/DVRT BRU ENRT TLV-EWR A/ILL PASSENGER
Sep 19, 2019, 7:47 am
#170
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"ILL PASSENGER"
Passenger looked at tired, old Polaris menu, became violently ill, and requested a divert to BRU for a DECENT meal.
Passenger looked at tired, old Polaris menu, became violently ill, and requested a divert to BRU for a DECENT meal.
Sep 19, 2019, 7:47 am
#171
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Why were they on the ground in BRU for 8 hours? Crew rest?
Sep 19, 2019, 7:56 am
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Sep 19, 2019, 8:33 am
#173
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It may have been just as close in terms of time to get to BRU given that they were at cruising altitude when the divert happened.
Sep 19, 2019, 8:43 am
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Two possible reasons for BRU:
1. They would have had to jettison fuel and circle to land at LHR so they burned it off and kept flying to BRU;
2. BRU is at least a *A hub and has a lot more rebooking options on SN or other UA flights if that's what it came to.
The crew almost definitely timed out which is why they had an 8 hour layover.
-RM
1. They would have had to jettison fuel and circle to land at LHR so they burned it off and kept flying to BRU;
2. BRU is at least a *A hub and has a lot more rebooking options on SN or other UA flights if that's what it came to.
The crew almost definitely timed out which is why they had an 8 hour layover.
-RM
Sep 19, 2019, 10:59 am
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Last night's (9/18) UA 923 LAX-LHR left almost 8 hours late due to MX initially followed by a crew timeout. Consequently today's UA 4 LHR-IAH has been cancelled.
Sep 19, 2019, 12:47 pm
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Yesterday's flight UA871 SFO-TPE departed 5h58m late due to a "technical issue on your plane". Today's flight, which I am taking, already shows a 55m delay, "waiting for a gate to become available". Is there a shortage of gates at SFO? 
Is this flight ever on time? I notice a 2h delay 9/17.
Is this flight ever on time? I notice a 2h delay 9/17.
Sep 20, 2019, 12:40 pm
#177
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Noticed that UA951 BRU-IAD on 19 Sep was cancelled with reason stated as "crew scheduling disruptions, impacted by a medical diversion yesterday from Tel Aviv". Appears they took the crew from UA951 to operate the diverted UA91 TLV-EWR flight. UA951 was scheduled to depart at 12:00p, and UA91 departed BRU at 12:37p.
Sep 20, 2019, 2:54 pm
#178
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UAL900, a 77W, just flew over my house. This is supposed to be a LHR > SFO flight, but it looks like it landed at PDX instead, and is now continuing on to SFO.
How do I figure out why?
How do I figure out why?
Sep 20, 2019, 3:10 pm
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From EF:
0900/20SEP
P LHR/OUT 1018A E00.07 EST OFF 1043A
P LHR/OFF 1056A
P PDX/ON 1205P
P PDX/IN 1208P
P PDX/OUT 121P EST OFF 128P
P PDX/OFF 143P
P SFO/ETA 305P L01.25 MEDICAL
D FCF/DVRT PDX ENRT LHR-SFO A/ILL PASSENGER
D HDQ/LHR SFO PROT UNDER GG CN1 H20
☨
SKED LHR ORIG 1025A GTD B48 SHIP 2133
SFO 140P TERM GTA 96
P LHR/OUT 1018A E00.07 EST OFF 1043A
P LHR/OFF 1056A
P PDX/ON 1205P
P PDX/IN 1208P
P PDX/OUT 121P EST OFF 128P
P PDX/OFF 143P
P SFO/ETA 305P L01.25 MEDICAL
D FCF/DVRT PDX ENRT LHR-SFO A/ILL PASSENGER
D HDQ/LHR SFO PROT UNDER GG CN1 H20
☨
SKED LHR ORIG 1025A GTD B48 SHIP 2133
SFO 140P TERM GTA 96
Sep 22, 2019, 11:30 pm
#180
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I would point out that LHR is closed until 6 AM at least in terms of Customs and Immigration. So, if they thought they were going to need to let (many) people off the plane, landing at LHR at 4 AM and making people sit on the plane for 2 hours would be cruel.