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 think he means “Rivet Amber” which was the code name for a modified C-135 aircraft that was fitted with a sophisticated radar system, so we could keep an eye on the Rooskies.
Delta, the anti 2nd amendment airline.
The Pacific isnt that far across up there. (Remember, Srah Palin can see Russia from her front porch!) Those great circles get in the way though.
Libtards never let a captive audience go to waste. The magazines and the movies available on the seat backs are all politically correct drivel.
Island is not nearly big enough!
Delta is about the only airline I fly anymore and I used to be a Platinum American Airlines flyer. That only because I commuted to South America and American had the best connections until Delta stepped up their flights south.
Agree about Air France...what a crappy carrier! The wife and I flew RT to Tahiti last year and we upgraded to the high-end economy class which was ok as far at seating. But, geez, was the service and food lousy!! We don't ask for very much when we fly, but this was a new low.
Next time, we'll row!
ETOPS - Engines Turn or Passengers Swim.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS
Yes, but it will be interesting to see how many are on the passenger manifest leaving the island.
Now you do know it was Tina Fey who said, “I can see Russia from my house”?
It was not Sarah.
Sarah stated, on a clear day, one can see Russian land from Alaska’s outermost islands.
I spent two weeks on Shemya, it is closer to Japan than Anchorage.
At the time (late 80s) they claimed to have the world’s largest collection of video tapes.
Constant wind every day all day. The quonsets and hangars howled all the time.
Ah, Shemya, garden spot of the Aleutian islands. At the airport they use a logging chain painted orange for a windsock...
When I was stationed at Mcclellan AFB, we had a W/U teletype order wire with Shemya and with White Alice. Those guys were on the tip of the spear back then.
Shemya is known for its wicked cross winds. The landing (getting the plane on the ground) had to be urgent because flying to Anchorage could have been a better option. Shemya would be my last resort alternate. Anchorage or turning back and going to Sapporo, Japan although that would be flying into head winds and take longer, perhaps. They could be there for a while.
Not my problem, if they shove some of their own fellow travelers over the edge, so be it.
“There are a lot of old barracks....”
There are worse places for 200 people to get stuck I imagine. I was working out of a small native village in Alaska. A mat in the basement of a church. A guy came in with food for breakfast and dinner. Well - the breakfasts were few. I was warned ahead of time so brought my own oatmeal.
“Technically, it’s Alaska, but this is a tiny island run by the Air Force half way across the Pacific.”
Good grief! I looked at it on Google Earth. And to think the Chief used to threaten me with Adak, Alaska.
The equipment including antenna cans were removed long ago, but here is a cool photo. It makes me wonder how they ever could have designed a phased array on an aircraft.
Notice the maintenance guy on the face of the antenna plane. Each one of those dots was a Campbell's soup can with four short dipoles in a cross pattern making a giant radar array. Pretty cool for old cold war technology.
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