Posted on 07/12/2014 4:27:32 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
A United Airlines flight carrying 348 people from Honolulu to Guam was diverted to the tiny Pacific island of Midway because of a mechanical issue, the airline said Saturday.
An electrical odor filled the Boeing 777 aircraft and the airline was reviewing the mechanical problem that caused the diversion that occurred Thursday night local time.
Midway Island a remote, 2.4-square-mile atoll is located about 1,300 miles northwest of Hawaii and was the site of an important U.S. military base during World War II. It is now home to a national wildlife refuge and has roughly 60 residents.
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What did he say, something like turn on your flashlight and help guide them home? That was a great episode.
Yep. Here's the last part:
So if some moment, any moment, you hear the sound of jet engines flying atop the overcast - engines that sound searching and lost - engines that sound desperate - shoot up a flare or do something. That would be Global 33 trying to get home - from The Twilight Zone.
The biggest Hermit crabs I have ever seen were on Wake. From a distance they looked like coconuts until we noticed they were moving.
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