Los Angeles bound flight diverted to Iqaluit, Nunavut

"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired) 02/01/2017 at 17:45 • Filed to: diversionary tactics

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Current temp in Iqaluit: -9°F/-23°C. Current temp in LA: 70°F/21°C. Hope the passengers didn’t wear shorts. Apparently an engine malfunction led to an automatic in-flight shutdown of one engine.

For Sweden > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 17:48

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they ded

bob and john > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 17:50

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LMAO

ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 17:50

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Don’t worry. They’ll just leave the pax on the plane for 14 hours. They’ll be plenty warm.

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 02/01/2017 at 17:57

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Steam coming out of their ears?

Actually Iqaluit is building a much bigger new terminal, expected to be finished this year (and with capacity for international flights):

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/iqaluit-new-airport-terminal-1.3724711

!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Sir Halffast > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 17:58

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That’s great news, but it ain’t done yet...

someassemblyrequired > For Sweden 02/01/2017 at 17:59

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Technically yes, but they will defrost approximately 1000 years in the future, so it’s not that bad.

someassemblyrequired > Sir Halffast 02/01/2017 at 18:03

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Yep just the current 80s soviet inspired terminal AFAIK.

(from Wikipedia, contributor Technicalglitch,CC 3.0).

Sir Halffast > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 18:03

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Having been in multiple soviet-era airports, eww.

kiwi_matt > For Sweden 02/01/2017 at 18:04

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pussies

someassemblyrequired > Sir Halffast 02/01/2017 at 18:04

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Image getting Kinjad is probably a good feature, unless you have eye bleach handy. It’s yellow. VERY YELLOW.

Sir Halffast > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 18:10

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I guess so it can be seen against the snow? Also, looks WAY better than literally every soviet airport I’ve been to (at least 6...).

For Sweden > Sir Halffast 02/01/2017 at 18:11

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Capitalism is theft

someassemblyrequired > Sir Halffast 02/01/2017 at 18:13

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Always looked to me like some sort of Soviet Arctic research station, but apparently I’ve badly overestimated Soviet architecture. Probably right about the color - the new one is fire engine red, so you may be on to something.

Sir Halffast > For Sweden 02/01/2017 at 18:16

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long live mother russia. long live the soviet worker.

f86sabre > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 19:34

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Be on the lookout for the follow on Antonov to bring in the replacement GE-90 if they have to do a full replacement.

TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW! > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 21:05

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It’s nice this time of year! Well, when the sun is out... for the 45 min or so it’s out now....

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > someassemblyrequired 02/01/2017 at 21:39

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They played it off as being the closest airport, but the passengers were having Nunavut.

someassemblyrequired > f86sabre 02/01/2017 at 21:43

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The are bringing in a replacement aircraft - showing as LX7002. Was surprised about talk of the Antonov as First Air has an L-100 and AC runs GE90s on its 777s, but after checking doesn’t look like a GE90 would even come close to fitting in a Hercules.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > f86sabre 02/01/2017 at 22:18

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Is the Antonov the only aircraft that can carry one of those? Other than a C-5 or a C-17?

pip bip - choose Corrour > someassemblyrequired 02/02/2017 at 03:02

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that’d suck.

f86sabre > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 02/02/2017 at 07:59

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Pretty much. You can separate the fan case from the core, but it is still huge.