FCO to PHL Diverting to BGR

[700UW]

 

[UPNAWAY]

So? Bangor is frequently used as the Euro point for diversions? Fairly common, if they get a medical issue or mechanical or fuel one well into flight what do you want them to do?

 

[700UW]

Do you not understand the concept of a message board?
 
Its not normal for a flight to divert especially that far out, so something must have happened, and I posted that to find out why.
 
Doug needs you to wash his car and fetch him a beer.

 

[UPNAWAY]

We have diversions almost daily, a Euro flight probably diverts weekly probably, you made no comment as to why it diverted, I think you do not understand a message board.

 

[Hope777]

heard it was for fuel

 

[luvthe9]

Big deal!

 

[robbedagain]

according to qik  it says due to weather in CLT  So it more than likely needed extra petro   though what surprises me is why BGR rather than say PHL??

 

[700UW]

We have diversions almost daily, a Euro flight probably diverts weekly probably, you made no comment as to why it diverted, I think you do not understand a message board.

Do you know how to read?
 

Its not normal for a flight to divert especially that far out, so something must have happened, and I posted that to find out why.
 

 

[1AA]

The flight took a northern turn from the beginning out of Rome and continued north over the hump. Probably for weather. The flight was 8hrs. 15min. into bgr. Probably refueled and continued. No big deal as others have mentioned this is a common stop for diversions of this type. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE721/history/20140803/0920Z/LIRF/KBGR http://flightxml.flightaware.com/mapi/v3/TrackMap?faFlightID=AWE721-1406871708-airline-0126&width=1080&height=606&imageFormat=2&web_token=w1-1407112062-08e33e988abbe6fd9638143550d43db99fb57526

 

[1AA]

Common place to divert for various reasons. It happens more than you think. Sundays flight was on the ground for 2:47 block to block.
Sounds like a refuel stop.
 
Dozens of Continental Airlines flights to the East Coast from Europe have been forced to make unexpected stops in Canada and elsewhere to take on fuel after running into unusually strong headwinds over the Atlantic Ocean. USAirways Group Inc., which uses 757s between Philadelphia and some European cities, said that in December it diverted four of 112 trans-Atlantic flights due to strong headwinds. Three Amsterdam-Philadelphia flights and a flight from Brussels to Philadelphia gassed up in Bangor, Maine, the company said. Early in January, two more had to stop in Bangor. But the carrier, which has a much smaller European route map than United, has some flexibility to switch to Boeing 767 jets, and a spokesman said it tries to do so in the winter.
 
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970203436904577152974098241982?ru=yahoo&mod=yahoo_hs&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052970203436904577152974098241982.html%3Fru%3Dyahoo%26mod%3Dyahoo_hs
 
 
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/23/news/bangor/bangor-maine-the-place-where-diverted-flights-go/
 
http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2012/06/bangor-international-diversions/788186/1
 
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304441404577478603178669654
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/u-s-airways-flight-diverted-security-issue-article-1.1082599
 
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/new-england/1359288-bangor-maine-where-diverted-flights-go.html
 
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/47526939#47526939
 
 
700UW here is some good reading. This should keep you busy for a while.

 

[1AA]

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Its not normal for a flight to divert especially that far out, so something must have happened, and I posted that to find out why.
 

 

It is more common than you think.
 

 

[jimntx]

IIRC, (and I'm old enough to have faulty memory), there was a time when Bangor was a scheduled refueling stop.