To: BBell
Sullivan, who had been assured by the government in open court that no plaintiffs in the suit would be deported before midnight Friday, ordered the plane turned around, the ACLU said. How does that work? In ATC terms? How does the plane turn around?
No doubt there are Freepers who know, cynwoody not among them!
13 posted on
08/10/2018 2:53:23 AM PDT by
cynwoody
To: cynwoody
Er... commercial aircraft generally carry just enough fuel for the sortie... with a tad extra.
14 posted on
08/10/2018 3:28:22 AM PDT by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: cynwoody
The article doesn’t say whether the aircraft was a commercial passenger plane or perhaps a government aircraft.
Never the less, whoever owns the aircraft has communications to the cockpit via their own flight operations. Then, it’s just a matter of contacting ATC and amending the flight plan.
20 posted on
08/10/2018 3:53:56 AM PDT by
TADSLOS
(Big City turn me loose and set me free...)
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