FlightDiversion

Had a pretty wild situation tonight flying ATL to Newark. About an hour into the flight we had to turn around because NYC airspace was closed due to weather. We went back to Atlanta and once we landed they told everyone the next available Frontier flight wasn’t until Friday at 7...

My Wizz flight from DXB to Budapest got diverted to Athens. Called them and they said they won’t provide transportation and I should just file a claim after landing. That doesn’t really help if I end up stranded in Greece with no clear way to Budapest. I’m honestly considering...

The key issue here is the reason for the delay. Strong winds causing a go around and diversion are generally considered “extraordinary circumstances” under EU261. Weather is one of the classic exemptions, meaning the airline usually doesn’t owe compensation even if you arrive...

I get that weather happens. Fine. But Ryanair’s handling of this was brutal. Flight Dublin to Memmingen left about 10 minutes late, no big deal. We get to Memmingen, fog rolls in, plane circles for about 35 minutes, then diverts to Nürnberg. After landing, we’re told buses will...

This sounds like one of those nights where everything that can go wrong does. Flight out of CUN was delayed about 90 minutes. Right before boarding they announced we’d miss customs in Seattle, so the plan was to land in Vegas and clear there instead. Two hours into the flight…...

Posting this as a quick heads up. The SAS Connect London cabin crew strike is already impacting operations at LHR. Several flights to and from CPH, OSL, and ARN have either operated empty, been delayed, or cancelled over the last couple of days. Some services were last minute...

My family of four was flying from SLC to San Diego to catch a cruise departing at 1pm. The flight was diverted to Palm Springs, first due to weather in San Diego and then because of mechanical issues once we were on the ground in PSP. The ETA to fix the plane was unclear, and...

Flew LGW to Florence tonight and the flight got diverted at the last minute to Bologna. We landed just after midnight. We were told there should be a bus from Bologna to Florence, but nothing was actually arranged. No emails, no staff help, and Vueling was unreachable by phone....

That flight turned into a whole journey. FLL was so soaked they had to cut the fuel load and plan a stop in SLC. About 90 minutes in, someone had a medical emergency and a bunch of EMTs and nurses onboard worked on them for over an hour. We ended up diverting to ABQ. Landing was...

Had an Air India flight from DEL to Pune that got diverted to Mumbai, and after sitting on the aircraft for hours they just canceled the whole thing. Now customer service is saying we aren’t eligible for a refund because we were “on the flight,” which makes zero sense when they...

Friend was on 3087 BWI→MDW and they diverted to Cleveland because of a deicing issue. Word is a new plane is supposed to come in around 10:45 and continue on to Chicago. With Frontier… hard to say. Sometimes they do bring in a replacement aircraft pretty fast, sometimes it turns...

Was on UA59 from Frankfurt to San Francisco on Nov 15 and we had to divert for a medical emergency. Ended up in Quebec City so paramedics could get a passenger off safely, then got sent to Chicago for a crew change because of duty limits. About a 5-hour delay by the time we made...

Flight from Tampa to JFK got diverted to Albany around 3pm. We got off for a bit, reboarded, then sat while the captain tried to find a window. He said it might be a 4-hour delay. I actually asked if anyone was close to timing out flight attendant said no, thankfully. It’s now...

This one’s wild a United 767 from Dulles to Rome had to turn back less than an hour in because a passenger dropped their laptop and it somehow slipped through the cabin wall into the cargo bay. Since it had a lithium battery, the crew didn’t want to risk flying over the ocean...

I was once on a flight that had to divert for a medical emergency, and reading about this viral incident brought it all back. On a transatlantic trip, a pilot landed in Newfoundland to save a passenger’s life. Hours later, once airborne again, he announced over the PA that the...