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  • Diverting Flights Tough Call for Pilots

    01/08/2010 9:07:14 PM PST · by STARWISE · 22 replies · 806+ views
    KHON2 ^ | 1-8-10 | Ron Mizutani
    Besides two Hawaiian Airlines flight diversions in three days, there have been several flights affected by unruly passengers since the failed terror attack on Christmas Day, including one Friday in Atlanta. The recent spike in flight diversions across the U.S. has many asking if anxiety in the skies is causing pilots to make quick decisions to re-route flights because of unruly passengers. "There's always going to be certain number of needed deplanements from unruly passengers, there's a certain amount that always takes place but i think the media is covering it more often now and also everybody is more on...