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United Airlines flight diverted to remote Pacific island of Midway
Chicago Tribune ^ | July 12, 2014 | Maya Srikrishnan

Posted on 07/12/2014 4:27:32 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

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To: Kackikat

The only one who ever mentions the Malaysian plane is Coast-to-Coast. George Noory sometimes has on one of the guys who wrote about the TWA 800 crash.


21 posted on 07/12/2014 4:49:07 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: 21twelve

Yes, when the germans bombed Pearl Harbor.;)


22 posted on 07/12/2014 4:49:13 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Google Map Streetview has ground level views of Midway.


23 posted on 07/12/2014 4:49:27 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I landed n Midway in early on my way to the Nam. Pretty sparse terminal facilities at the time.


24 posted on 07/12/2014 4:50:09 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
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To: ConservativeStatement
Thank you!

I was thinking my memory was way worse than I thought, since I swear I thought I landed at Midway once, on my way to Guam in the early 1980s on a military charter flight.

IIRC, it was that flight that convinced me to never fly in anything smaller than a DC10...

25 posted on 07/12/2014 5:02:02 PM PDT by sarasmom (Extortion 17. A large number of Navy SEALs died on that mission. Ask why.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Well, that is better than a water landing any day! Twill be interesting how United extricates this flight and its passengers and when.

FYI: Midway was at its peak during the days of the “PanAm Clipper” seaplane flights (Sikorsky S-42, Martin M-130, Boeing 314) between San Francisco and Manila. Max passengers ranged from the M-130’s 36 to the 314’s 74. Flight took a week and stopped overnight at Honolulu, Midway, Wake and Guam.


26 posted on 07/12/2014 5:10:21 PM PDT by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: cripplecreek

lolz


27 posted on 07/12/2014 5:11:02 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: FlJoePa

hahaha


28 posted on 07/12/2014 5:11:25 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I always get diverted to places like Duluth, Midway would be extra cool!

What???

Midway way is on the south side of Chicago.


29 posted on 07/12/2014 5:19:38 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: cripplecreek

Damn, you beat me to it.


30 posted on 07/12/2014 5:25:48 PM PDT by Lorianne (fedgov, taxporkmoney)
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To: SES1066

A week? We complain now about 12 hour flights.


31 posted on 07/12/2014 5:28:07 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

I’m in Midway airport now.


32 posted on 07/12/2014 5:28:51 PM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: x1stcav

Did you fly over on a prop plane?


33 posted on 07/12/2014 5:33:17 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: B4Ranch

Negative. UAL jet of some type.


34 posted on 07/12/2014 5:36:23 PM PDT by x1stcav (Leftism is like rust. It corrodes twenty-four hous a day.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

I remember landing on Wake in `70.

Out the window it looked like a runway

surrounded by water.

You could see masts from ships sticking up in the water.


35 posted on 07/12/2014 5:49:25 PM PDT by Harold Shea
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Michelle Obama was on board, she said great I will take a taxi home.


36 posted on 07/12/2014 6:15:34 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Sectarian warfare -- no dog in that hunt)
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To: mountn man

The Japanese were a bigger threat than I thought! I’m glad we had torpedo bombers stationed in Illinois!!


37 posted on 07/12/2014 6:16:01 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: ConservativeStatement
My Dad used to travel quite frequently to Japan during the 50’s.He told of the flights going from San Francisco or LA (can't recall which) to Honolulu...onto Midway...and then to Tokyo.I recall him saying that the stops were all refueling stops.
38 posted on 07/12/2014 6:24:01 PM PDT by SayNoToDems (Will the dancing Hitlers please wait in the wings? We're only seeing singing Hitlers.)
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To: Kackikat

Lol my thoughts exactly when read the headline.


39 posted on 07/12/2014 6:30:36 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: VerySadAmerican
When did we leave Midway? I was on a plane that landed there in 1973. We also landed at Wake Island. Both of them were nail biters.

I was flying into Midway and Wake into the middle 60's. I think they began to shut them down soon after Vietnam as the a/c transiting the Pacific became more and more jet types. They are still aux. fields but rarely ever used. Outsiders can come only with prior permission or as in this case an emergency. Midway's Gooney Bird population was a hoot!Another boon docker was Marcus Island about 1/2 way between Midway and Tokyo. That was one desolate and tight squeeze.

40 posted on 07/12/2014 6:35:27 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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