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Tokyo-bound flight turns back to LAX because of unauthorized person
All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Tokyo's Narita Airport turned around to go back to Los Angeles International Airport, due to an unauthorized person on the plane. (www.cnbc.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I’ll go out on a limb here, but if they diverted to PANC they would have to dump a minimum about 6 hours of fuel, plus if the ground stop evolved into anything longer than a few hours there might have been a crew duty day issue. Then everyone gets to spend the night in Anchorage. My guess is that it was a company descision to return to LAX.
Highflyer1950's explanation makes good sense. Isn't this an instance where the captain would "consult" by radio with the flight's dispatcher? Moreover, the discussion and decision probably went further up the chain of command.
This was a incompetent and absurd decision by the captain. 300 passengers were massively inconvenienced. The cost to the airline by this decision could be indeed went over $100,000. It would have been infinitely cheaper for the airline to arrange absolute security at Narita for this passenger and then put this passenger on the next flight to Los Angeles. Even if the airline flew this passenger back first class they are still saved well over 100,000. The unnecessary inconvenience for all the other passengers were also cost the airline dearly. This stupidity of course has a knock on effect in the utilization of their triple sevens.
The news broadcast I watched stated that the two brothers were going to the same destination, just on different carriers (ANA and United). Why they couldn't just go on to their destination is beyond me. Maybe they hadn't figured that out before the decision was made to return to LAX?
Why would they even need security at Narita? If the passenger was in the international terminal then he would've had a passport. I believe, you can enter and stay in Japan for up to 90 days without additional visas.
I'm guessing his correct gate was close to the one he went through. Sometimes adjacent gates can be confusing , especially if you're not familiar to the airport.
Think of it as getting on the wrong bus.
I'm guessing his correct gate was close to the one he went through. Sometimes adjacent gates can be confusing , especially if you're not familiar to the airport.
Think of it as getting on the wrong bus.
I think they somehow decided to do this intentionally. I would imagine they knew very well they were on different flights, different airlines.
Their luck held out when he selected a seat, and it was unassigned to another pax. The entire hoax would have been discovered when a game of musical chairs began.
Their luck held out when he selected a seat, and it was unassigned to another pax. The entire hoax would have been discovered when a game of musical chairs began.
He was travelling with his brother. Article leaves out the UAL flight he was booked on that leaves about the same time...would that be UAL32 to NRT?