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NWA Flight (DTW-JFK) Returning To DTW  
User currently offlineDr.DTW From United States of America, joined May 2000, 289 posts, RR: 1
Posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1903 times:

According to flight tracking, Northwest flight 1916: DTW-JFK turned around over eastern Pennsylvania, and is returning to Detroit. Is this unusual? The turn-around occured when the aircraft was nearly over New Jersey. Why would it come back to Detroit??

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NWA1916

Dr.DTW

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User currently offlineKDTWFlyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 807 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1826 times:

Diversion/delay due to mechanical problem. according to www.nwa.com


NW B744 B742 B753 B752 A333 A332 A320 A319 DC10 DC9 ARJ CRJ S340
User currently offlineSuperhub From Hong Kong, joined Jan 2006, 476 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1819 times:

I don't know if it's hindsight bias or something, but I have seen more instances of mechanical failure on NW than on any other airlines.

I have taken 6 flights with NW, 2 have been delayed by mechanical failures - both of which were to do with brakes. One happened today from MSP - SFO.

User currently offlinePSU.DTW.SCE From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 6871 posts, RR: 29
Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1721 times:

I wouldn't say NW is anymore prone than the others. I've been on 36 NW flights this year alone, not one had any mechanical issues. The last mechanical I had on NW was in Nov. '05
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