Posted on 12/26/2021 8:17:51 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to Shanghai mysteriously turned back and returned to the United States nearly six hours into what should have been an 11 hours flight to China. The mid-air flight cancellation has resulted in a rebuke from the Chinese consulate in San Francisco which said on its WeChat account that it had “lodged a protest” with the airline.
Delta has since cancelled its planned service from Seattle to Shanghai until December 30 at the earliest but it remains unclear why the airline was forced to turn around in the first place.
According to witnesses on the flight, the pilot suggested that a change in entry requirements had been announced by the Chinese authorities at some point after takeoff. There was a fear that the passengers were no longer eligible to enter China so the only alternative was to fly back to Seattle.
Local Chinese media have been told by Shanghai airport officials that entry rules have not changed in some time and no sudden change had been made after DL287 departed. Passengers onboard the flight were so perplexed that they didn’t believe Delta staff and police were allegedly called once the aircraft arrived back in Seattle.
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A spy was onboard trying to escape
Thank you, Mr. Churchill.
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It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma;
but perhaps there is a key.
That key is Russian national interest.”
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Perhaps Delta got the word from some three-letter US agency that someone or something on the plane shouldn’t be allowed to arrive in China. Entry requirement changes was floated as a suggested excuse (it doesn’t really matter whether people believe it or not).
They forgot to load the Big Guy’s 10%.
Sounds weird. But Most likely delta is telling the truth. They also cancelled all flights to Shanghai for the next week.
Its DA 287 — look it up on flight aware.com
That is one long ass nine hour flight to go from Seattle to Seattle...
Strange
Hostage threat? Can’t be allowed back out again N. Korea style?
They really don’t want anybody with an IQ over 80 moving freely around the world.
Well, at least they crossed the Bering Straits landbridge twice.
“That key is Russian national interest.”
...the one thing you can rule out is ‘American national interest’ whenever Democrats are in power.
Obviously temporarily forgot Delta stands for Doesn’t Ever Leave The Airport and had to turn back
DL 287 is listed as Seoul South Korea to Shanghai.
Delta 287
DAL287 / DL287
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CANCELLED
ICN
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
PVG
SHANGHAI, CHINA
departing from GATE 255
Incheon Int’l - ICN
arriving at GATE 69
Shanghai Pudong Int’l - PVG
SATURDAY 25-DEC-2021
05:10AM KST
SATURDAY 25-DEC-2021
06:10AM CST
I was curious as to why it could not have gone to Honolulu.
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Or another Chinese scientist carrying vials from a US or Canadian biological research laboratory.
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I hope the passengers got the actual total air miles in their Delta accounts!
It was way the hell north on the great circle route — I imagine HNL would have been a longer trip. Also a lot of pissed of passengers to stick them in HNL, at least Sea-Tac gives you some options and is a delta base IIRC
It is just kinky — I see what you re saying...it looks as 287 originates in Sea-TAC and arrives ICN then continues on to the next stop —
But 9 hours and over 50% of the way there it must have been something remarkable.
they probably got zero — the origin was the same at the arrival — but what a pisser to spend that kind of time on a plane and end up right back where you started from.
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