When three Hawaii flights to/from San Diego, all experienced flight diversions crossing the Pacific. What causes these flight diversions?
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When three Hawaii flights to/from San Diego, all experienced flight diversions crossing the Pacific. What causes these flight diversions?
We fly from Honolulu to San Diego on August 10, 2022 at 3:00pm & arrived in San Diego about 11:30pm. Great ✈️ flight! Thanks so Alaska airlines. Nancy & Karsyn
Flight from Sea-Tac to Oahu was diverted 1hour into our flight, apparantly a passengers dog had been improperly placed in the cargo hold.
Strong headwinds causing concerns about whether the planes would have the required fuel reserves?
Yep. Sounds strange doesn’t it? We never got off the plane. Stayed on the ground for an hour and then took off again. It was a small airport.
My family and I were on both of the flights from Hawaii. Very nerve wracking Needless to say my wife may never fly again.
Air travel is still one of the safest forms of transportation there is
Glad to hear your family and you (and all passengers, crew and craft) are okay as that is always the most important concern.
If I may ask, might you share what the crew did or any announcements made while y’all were en route? I am curious as to how this was handled while the diversion was in progress…
Mahalo.
Airlines as a whole are very poorly equipped to deal with medical emergencies. As a practicing anesthesiologist who has come to the aid of passengers on several occasions, I find it appalling that the emergency intravenous fluids and drugs are so inadequately stocked. For example, I assisted a badly sunburned and dehydrated passenger flying from Maui to SF last year. A single 500 cc bag of intravenous fluids was available; 2000 cc at a minimum was necessary. There are medical kits available for around $650 with everything necessary for most emergencies; I see no reason that such a kit is not carried on every commercial flight.
There has also been an increase in solar flair activity lately, which can disrupt radio and other signals and can affect weather.
Awe definitely a scary situation.
What makes you want to avoid Hawaii in the future.. other than the flight issues?
Air Force 2 was in the air Monday to Kauai…
I was on the flights with my wife and three kids. Each time we took off and returned to Honolulu it felt like we were going to crash.I guarantee everyone on those flights thought about death for the two days we were try to get back to San Diego. For us that was just the start of the nightmare trying to get home. Never going back to Hawaii ever and most definitely would not take Alaska airlines over the Ocean again. No Kudos to Alaska airlines!
Thank you for listening, still traumatized from such a experience.
Alaska Airlines is a safe and reliable airline. I’m sorry that happened to you but it’s very rare and I guarantee that you were in no danger of crashing
AMT, That is one guarantee that you cannot ever give
As an aircraft mechanic who takes his job very seriously, yes I can. I can assure you that any aircraft that I, as well as all of my fellow aircraft technicians, work on each and every day are done in accordance with the applicable manuals and a strict adherence to safety. Thus ensuring each aircraft is safe for flight.
Yep, on a direct flight from NY to SFO on a 737. Had to stop in Kansas to refuel. The headwinds had increased fuel consumption… the reason given to us. Made me think how that’s possible with all their calculations for weather and reserve fuel.