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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” (Remember, Srah Palin can see Russia from her front porch!) “
Why do so many on FR keep repeating this idiotic crap? It was said by an actress on Saturday Night Live. Sarah Palin never said anything remotely similar to it.
And make sure that each of the 200 take a rock with them when they leave so that Shemya will be gone sooner rather than later.
Island is not nearly big enough!
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Stack ‘em.
Near Islands?
The only thing those are near to is nowhere.
I believe it was on operation,using modified RC-135s, to gather data on Soviet nuclear testing.
I know a guy who spent some time on Shemya (electrical engineer/contactor).
Said when he got there, they had to get down on their hands and knees to crawl from the airplane to the base ops building because the wind was too bad to walk.
A common joke here in Alaska about the Aleutians: the wind is so bad they use a logging chain for a windsock.
Yes, I know the story.
Was it necessary for me to Post a Sarc tag?
Do you think ANY FReeper doesn’t know about the silly Tina Fey line?
Have a Merry Christmas.
Every one here knows that, except you, I guess.
I said it because it I thought it was funny considering the situation.
I’m as “get off my Lawn” as the next guy, but geez.
Lighten up, it’s Christmas and the Federal Government is (sort of) shut down. It’s a FReeper dream come true.
Thank goodness the Island didn’t tip over when that heavy Plane landed on it.
I’m sure Hank Johnson is relieved he wasn’t on that Flight.
Old U.S.A.F saying. Shemya: “Not the end of the World, but you can see it from it here.”
PAVE PAWS Warner-Robbins was disassembled and moved to Clear ABF, near Fairbanks, and is now officially BMEWS (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System) Clear. It was mostly a direct reaction to North Korea.
PAVE PAWS was for detection of SLBM (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles.) Problem at Warner-Robins was that when aircraft using the base runways intercepted the beam, the RF from the radar exceeded allowable exposure for EEO (electrically explosive ordinance). Luckily no one was ever ejected through the canopy. (Stray radiation does not care about sequencers. Ejection seat first, canopy first, all the same to stray RF.) They worked out a timing procedure where the radar would shut down during take offs and landings, but no one was every happy with that.
Me2, Platinim S.A. flyer on AA … maybe you were on my flight, a 767 Miami to Sao Paolo that lost an engine over the Amazon, dropped to 10K ft and flew back north to Caracas. No issues, just being careful, although a few passengers freaked out.
I didn’t mind the night at Caracas, was before the implosion and I always enjoyed it there.
The operating “barracks” are fine for service members and contractors. Sturdy brick buildings with large windows. Each individual gets what had been a two man room, with individual bathroom, microwave and AFTV on satellite. (Every other advert is a reenlistment pitch.) There are cartons of microwaveable food in open storage - help yourself. Every room and office has about a three day supply in case weather locks you down. The cafeteria operates from about 0500 to 1800. Very decent food. They trade crabs with fishing boats in exchange for beer. Most of the contractors work 77 hours a week, 10 weeks on, two off. (I was salaried and TDY, so I got paid for 40 hours/week, for the same hours.) It was a live fire missile test and I would have gladly paid for the adventure and the experience.
On the plane back, waiting for a cab with one of the cooks, I found out that he was from Montana and divorced. He never saw his kids until he got the gig on Shemya. Now he could afford to fly them up for his off two weeks or fly out and meet them at Disney World or whathaveyou on his dime. We shared a cab back to Anchorage, I picked it up since I was on expenses and he was on his own nickle.
“They could be there for a while.”
Delta put one into Cold Bay last year, due to an engine failure, population 108, with 250 new guests. Delta rented an AN224 to fly in a new engine, a fuel truck with fuel, and two loaded deice trucks, as well as equipment and mechanics to do an engine change on the ground. $$$$.
Shemya is a little better equipped.
“He never saw his kids until he got the gig on Shemya. Now he could afford to fly them up for his off two weeks or fly out and meet them at Disney World...”
That’s great! Pros and cons to working in remote areas. I worked on oil rigs during college - week on, week off in the middle of nowhere. Still the best food that I ever ate. I figured it was one of the only perks that the workers could look forward to each day.
Although I did hear stories about lousy cooks getting invited up onto the drilling deck and having unfortunate accidents. As a college kid I wasn’t sure if they were joking or not. (I’m still not!)
I remembered the guy I shared a cab with from the chow line. I don’t know how good he was as a cook, but he was one of the more cheerful and enthusiastic guys. He was probably about 50 and making real dough for the first time in his life.
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