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Delta trans-Pacific flight diverts to Cold Bay, Alaska


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Local media http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20131030/delta-plane-makes-emergency-landing-remote-alaska-airstrip is saying that Delta diverted a 767 out of Tokyo Narita enroute to San Francisco diverted to Cold Bay, Alaska due to trouble with an engine.

 

A Delta Air Lines flight traveling from Tokyo to San Francisco made an emergency landing in Cold Bay early Wednesday morning following a “possible issue” with one of the aircraft's engines, according to the airline.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said Delta flight 208, a Boeing 767, made the emergency landing in Cold Bay, a Southwest Alaska community 634 miles from Anchorage. Delta said the plane touched down in Cold Bay shortly after 6 a.m.

The plane was reportedly carrying 167 passengers and 11 crew members. Delta spokesman Michael Thomas said another plane was en route Wednesday morning to Cold Bay to retrieve the stranded passengers.

Alaska Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jill Reese said the community of Cold Bay -- with a population of about 100 -- had come together to help the passengers. Most were staying in either the airport or school while they waited for the new plane to come, she said.

Cold Bay is considered one of the commercial hubs of the Aleutian Islands. Its runway is over 10,000 feet long, making it the fifth longest runway in the state.

EDIT: To correct my description of the routing. :sorry

Edited by nkped
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WOW that sucks. I was on that flight on the 21st as it went to Narita Good thing it wasn't the SFO to NRT leg since I sure wouldn't have packed for Alaska weather when coming to Thailand for vacation.

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