11 March Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake in Northern Japan and Impact to UA's Operations

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Mar 11, 2011, 1:13 am

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Originally Posted by notquiteaff

Next to us is N786UA and another UA aircraft (can't see tail) as well as AA N799AN.

Concurs with .bomb. Any pics?

Mar 11, 2011, 1:16 am

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Originally Posted by notquiteaff

Not all true, UA 837 is on a US AF base somewhere west of Tokyo. Saw three or so other UA and CO jets, as well as AA, KLM, Delta.

Yokota?

Mar 11, 2011, 1:18 am

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Originally Posted by N751PR

Yokota?

According to .bomb...yes.

Mar 11, 2011, 1:21 am

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Originally Posted by flyersky1

Terrible news! Hawaii now is under tsunami warning!

I am anxious for my family in HNL, and called them. They are fine & aren't as worried as I am. It was a little over a year ago when they were under an identical warning after the Chilie earthquake.

Mar 11, 2011, 1:22 am

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Originally Posted by N751PR

Yokota?

Yes, that's right. I'll post some pics to @notquiteaff

Mar 11, 2011, 1:25 am

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Here in Honolulu, the tsunami is expected to hit at 2:59 am. They report ILO is closed but HNL still operating. I have a great 41st floor view of HNL reef runway and can see planes still taking off, but haven't seen any land in a while.

Glenn

Mar 11, 2011, 1:29 am

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Now the AF people are brInging a bunch of air stairs to the parking lot of pax jets. Probably not going to let us off, but maybe bring supplies? So far doors are still shut.

Seeing three AF tanker trucks driving in our general direction. Captain has no real update yet as to when we will get out of here. NRT supposedly still closed.

AF has boarded UA 837 and the AA jet.

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Mar 11, 2011, 1:41 am

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I am watching it on CNN how the tsunami hit the Sendai area. Tsunami warnings were issued to more than 10 countries.

Mar 11, 2011, 1:54 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilebucky

Look like a mess

881 - ORD-NRT diverted to ANC
891 - LAX-NRT diverted to CTS
837 - SFO-NRT diverted to NGO
875 - SEA-NRT diverted to NGO
879 - HNL-NRT diverted to KIX??
876 - SIN-NRT diverted to NGO
882 - BKK-NRT diverted to ??
897 - IAD-NRT ??

Here's the updated list courtesy of the Airline Route blog:

CO006 Guam – Tokyo Narita diverts to Yokota
CO007 Houston – Tokyo Narita diverts to Yokota
UA837 San Francisco – Tokyo Narita diverts to Yokota
UA875 Seattle – Tokyo Narita diverts to Yokota
UA879 Honolulu – Tokyo Narita diverts to Osaka Kansai
UA881 Chicago – Tokyo Narita diverts to Anchorage
UA891 Los Angeles – Tokyo Narita diverts to Sapporo
UA897 Washington Dulles – Tokyo Narita diverts to Yokota (or Osaka)

Mar 11, 2011, 2:01 am

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AC01 is probably at yokota too

i called air canada and they said it landed at a military base

Mar 11, 2011, 2:03 am

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And according to Airline Route blog, UNITED has shut down its operation at Tokyo Narita Airport between 1630 and 2030hrs Local Time.

I guess many flights today (3/11) from US to NRT/HND will be cancelled due to plane stuck in Japan or too late to turn back to the US. And I am flying 875 SEA-NRT on saturday (3/12), looks like it is going to have a major VDB opportunity.

Mar 11, 2011, 2:04 am

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Couple pictures of various commercial jets landing at Yokota:

http://www.yokota.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123246252

Seems like at least a UA 747 and a CO 777. Might be able to get some tail numbers from the high res images.

Mar 11, 2011, 2:05 am

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Oregon and Califorinia (Pt. Conception-north) now under Tsunami warning. Details not posted, but could affect SFO.

Link

Mar 11, 2011, 2:05 am

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882 - BKK-NRT diverted to ??

This plane landed just as (or just after) the earthquake struck. Some damage to the runway while the plane was landing, but no significant damage or injuries to anyone on the plane.

As of 1730 (Tokyo time), plane is still on the runway waiting for further instructions.