John From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1366 posts, RR: 6 Posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2040 times:
I'd heard that a DL MD-88 enroute to MIA was forced to divert to Stuart, FL (SUA) today due to weather and low fuel reserves. Passengers were supposedly bused back to MIA. Anyone have any further info or video on this? I'm really surprised it diverted to SUA rather than Ft. Pierce(FPR), which has a much more suitable runway. Why didn't it go to PBI, for that matter??
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16888 posts, RR: 51 Reply 1, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 2022 times:
Actually, it was a Delta Connection CRJ-900. Comair flight 1481 (JFK-MIA)
Jhooper From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 6195 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (4 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1747 times:
The longest runway there is only 5826 X 100 ft.
Last year 1,944 New Yorkers saw something and said something.
MI5Flyer From United States of America, joined Jan 2008, 65 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (4 years 10 months 1 week 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1685 times:
5,826 feet is plenty of length to land that airplane. They land the CR7 at EYW and it only has about 4,900 feet. FPR has an ILS and about 6,500 feet or so on 9-27 but it would have added some time to the bus trip to MIA.
The real issue is going to be the NIMBYS taking pictures of the new "airline service" at SUA and using it to further their cause to close the airport. The manager once reported that the appearence of a Delta Air Elite Charter caused an uproar so this must have really been interesting.
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