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pwm2txlhopper wrote:Was curious if anybody knew the reason for the diversion last night, Sunday, of Icelandair 670, DEN-KEF?
Diverted to BOS, way up around Hudson Bay Canada around midnight. A long way. Probably 1000 miles from Boston. Was on the ground less than one hour and then departed to KEF.
Can’t imagine it was a dire medical or major mechanical emergency with that long a detour south. Also thinking if it was mechanical, it wouldn’t be repaired in less than an hour at midnight. And if we’re something minor mechanical, fixed that quickly, that’s a long divert for something minor.
If were an air rage incident, isn’t there a closer location they could have diverted to in Northern Canada, instead of all the way to Boston? Or would they just be trying to get back on US soil to arrest and prosecute an individual who disrupted a flight? (I checked news today and nothing about an air rage diversion to Boston last night)
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ICE ... /KDEN/KBOS
Just had to share this with you all..
Sunday November 28th FI670 from Denver diverted to Boston due technical, fortunately we had a 757 in Boston that was to ferry back to Iceland the next day. It was decided that we would attempt a aircraft swap so that we could finish this flight within the crews duty time. We prepared TF-ISJ that was in BOS and had it towed to the terminal gate E4 prior and FI670 from DEN blocked in at 0008 @gate E5.
TF-ISJ ETOPS and daily checks performed, safety and security checks and fueling were all done prior to arrival. Passengers, crew and baggage transferred, FI670 pushed back at 0046, 36 minutes at the gate!. Amazing team work!
I would like to thank the crew and all the ground staff for an amazing job well done... This would not have been possible otherwise..
pwm2txlhopper wrote:Thanks for the info.. Quite impressive they could unload and reload passengers and cargo and be back in the air the in 50 minutes. Especially considering it was midnight.
AndoAv8R wrote:Thats impressive for any airline, it wasnt just a simple commuter plane swap it was a decent sized aircraft and having to deal with the international aspect of it as well.
I assume they didnt have to exit/re-enter customs and we're just allowed to de-board and get on the replacement aircraft?
Prost wrote:pwm2txlhopper wrote:Thanks for the info.. Quite impressive they could unload and reload passengers and cargo and be back in the air the in 50 minutes. Especially considering it was midnight.
There aren’t a lot of fish shipped from Denver.
Brick wrote:Since the diversion wasn't a "land immediately at the nearest suitable airport" situation, I'm guessing it had to do with something ETOPS related. Some equipment probably failed that wouldn't allow for a legal ETOP flight, so off to BOS.
pwm2txlhopper wrote:Thanks for the info.. Quite impressive they could unload and reload passengers and cargo and be back in the air the in 50 minutes. Especially considering it was midnight.
pwm2txlhopper wrote:Brick wrote:Since the diversion wasn't a "land immediately at the nearest suitable airport" situation, I'm guessing it had to do with something ETOPS related. Some equipment probably failed that wouldn't allow for a legal ETOP flight, so off to BOS.
There were so far north, they could have just flown the non-ETOS route if that were the case.
Thenoflyzone wrote:pwm2txlhopper wrote:Brick wrote:Since the diversion wasn't a "land immediately at the nearest suitable airport" situation, I'm guessing it had to do with something ETOPS related. Some equipment probably failed that wouldn't allow for a legal ETOP flight, so off to BOS.
There were so far north, they could have just flown the non-ETOS route if that were the case.
It depends. If SFJ - or even YFB - can't be used as an alternate, you're sh*t out of luck.
Flying from North America to KEF without ETOPS is doable, but you need your alternate airport in Greenland to be usable.
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=den-kef,+sfj ... 389&EU=kts
Natflyer wrote:Thenoflyzone wrote:pwm2txlhopper wrote:There were so far north, they could have just flown the non-ETOS route if that were the case.
It depends. If SFJ - or even YFB - can't be used as an alternate, you're sh*t out of luck.
Flying from North America to KEF without ETOPS is doable, but you need your alternate airport in Greenland to be usable.
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=den-kef,+sfj ... 389&EU=kts
Not true. You only need stay within 60 minutes of those airports. There is no weather criteria.
AirKevin wrote:Natflyer wrote:Thenoflyzone wrote:It depends. If SFJ - or even YFB - can't be used as an alternate, you're sh*t out of luck.
Flying from North America to KEF without ETOPS is doable, but you need your alternate airport in Greenland to be usable.
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=den-kef,+sfj ... 389&EU=kts
Not true. You only need stay within 60 minutes of those airports. There is no weather criteria.
But suppose something happens that they need to divert to those airports and they can't because of weather. Then what.
Natflyer wrote:Thenoflyzone wrote:pwm2txlhopper wrote:
There were so far north, they could have just flown the non-ETOS route if that were the case.
It depends. If SFJ - or even YFB - can't be used as an alternate, you're sh*t out of luck.
Flying from North America to KEF without ETOPS is doable, but you need your alternate airport in Greenland to be usable.
http://www.gcmap.com/map?P=den-kef,+sfj ... 389&EU=kts
Not true. You only need stay within 60 minutes of those airports. There is no weather criteria.