Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4253 times:
Northwest Airlines Flt. 55 from AMS to MSP is getting diverted to RST tonight. Here's what NWA flight information says:
Departs: RST Arrives: MSP
Scheduled: -- Scheduled: 6:40PM
Estimated: 9:33PM Estimated: 10:16PM
Aircraft: DC10-30
Note: Diversion/delay due to flight crew discretion.
Flight left the gate at 9:33PM but has not taken off.
Status: Left Gate
Weather at MSP isn't the best but is certainly good enough for a DC-10 landing. Is this flight being diverted because of a medical emergency. I know that the AMS-MSP flights get a lot of passengers continuing to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Could the condition of a passenger gotten serious? If so, why wouldn't they continue to MSP?
They cancelled their flight plan to MSP at 7:42pm CST and filed one to RST at that time. They landed in RST at about 8:00pm CST. The latest is that they left the gate at 9:33pm but haven't taken off yet (9:45pm).
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Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13 Reply 1, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4178 times:
Diversion/delay due to flight crew discretion.
hmmmm....."flight crew discretion" could be anything. Maybe the captain wanted to visit some relatives
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XFSUgimpLB41X From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3958 posts, RR: 36 Reply 2, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 3853 times:
The captain finished his newspaper early. Drastic measures had to be taken.
Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Reply 3, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 3556 times:
It could obviously be anything. However, are there any pilots that can give some example of realistic situations where this could happen?
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Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13 Reply 4, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 3272 times:
I'm not familiar with this incident, but I'll brainstorm some possibilities:
XFSUgimpLB41X From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3958 posts, RR: 36 Reply 5, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 3133 times:
Ok, aside from my joking.. this is almost obviously a fuel logistical stop. Burn was higher than predicted, and thus the airplane could not be re-released to destination. Have a seat while we splash on some more fuel.
Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11958 posts, RR: 37 Reply 6, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 3042 times:
I'm actually here in AMS, so I would have seen that aircraft leaving y'day!
However, I don't think "flight crew discretion" is a sufficient explanation, particularly if many pax missed connections. They'll need to come up with a better explanation.
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Reply 7, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 2966 times:
Kaitak- usually the pax are given a better explanation, but that doesn't mean they publicly announce why on the delay reports..
I'll check with some friends @ NW..
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Nwfltattendant From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 341 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (9 years 5 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2840 times:
OK...for those suspecting fuel issues, its crap. Ive worked NW055 AMS-MSP and to go to RST instead is a longer flight. We come straight down from the YQT/DLH area/north shore of lake superior, directly in to MSP. To go to RST is to continue southeastward. So, close but no cigar on the fuel ideas.
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Reply 9, posted (9 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2436 times:
Ok, some people I know at NW looked it up in the PARS system.. The only reason given in the system is "PILOT DELAY".. Tryign to figure out what the heck that could mean, but it is so far eluding me..
Will update as more is available..
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