Posted on 12/24/2018 11:14:02 AM PST by tcrlaf
A Delta plane flying from Beijing to Seattle Monday was diverted to Shemya, Alaska.
According to a statement from Delta Air Lines, flight 128 had a potential engine issue.
The diverted plane is a 767-300ER with 194 customers. The airline sent another aircraft to pick up the passengers in Shemya and take them the rest of the way to Seattle. The new flight is expected to arrive in Seattle at 9:15 p.m. Pacific time, according to Delta.
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I hope so. Delta (which I fly all the time) is a good airline, probably the best in the US, but some of their partners (such as AirFrance) are less so. I wonder was this a Delta flight or a SkyTeam partner flight?
Delta flight, a 767. Looks like they have Xcld the rescue flight, as well.
Christmas on Shemya??
They'll have a white Christmas.
Technically, it’s Alaska, but this is a tiny island run by the Air Force half way across the Pacific.
The weather’s not that bad, and probably better than most of the mainland right now.
https://weather.com/weather/today/l/USAK0276:1:US
I feel a musical coming on...
Revit Amber.
Yikes
Sarah Palin saw the Plane land from her House.
Damn...... there is is. A perfect site for containing all the anti American criminal conspiricists that will be tried and convicted.
” Christmas on Shemya??”
Well they probably won’t be having Christmas on Shemya, but if they did it would be something they would reminisce and talk about for the rest of their lives.
Revit Amber.
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Not even a Google search explains what that is.
I been to Shemya as recently as 2003. There are a lot of old barracks, but the current staff is about 200, mostly contractors. You usually need a letter signed by a general to get on the base. The airport reception area is small. The winds can be very dangerous for pedestrians. It is one of the most boring places in the world to be stuck.
Good, because if you knew, I’d have to kill you.
We had an ASA base on Shemya.
The standing joke was that on Shemya, there was girl behind every tree. (Problem is, there are NO trees).
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Rivet_Amber_crash&redirect=no
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_RC-135#RC-135E_Lisa_Ann_/_Rivet_Amber
They planted a tree in front of the main building. Wind took it.
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