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In response to "There are storms in DFW apparently so a British Airways 380 that was circling over Oklahoma wanting to land at DFW is now headed to...Chicago -- nm" by ty97

I've had a few of these. Zurich-Toronto rerouted to Halifax, Auckland-Melbourne rerouted to Canberra.

Posted by mafic Aug 10 '22, 17:34

in Canberra we landed on a day where they normally don't get international flights, so for vague regulatory reasons we weren't even allowed to approach the terminal. just sat on the ground until we could refuel and leave.

oh, and Beijing-Singapore that circled in a holding pattern over Beijing for like 3 hours after takeoff, then didn't have enough fuel so had to land in Shanghai to refuel. that one worked out better for me, because the useless travel agent had me routed Beijing-Singapore-Melbourne-Perth, and with the delay I just got on a Singapore-Perth flight and got home like 6 hours earlier.

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Like Canberra is a real place -- nm - ty97 Aug 10, 17:36 4
- it was adorable "the international terminal is closed today as they weren't expecting any flights. we won't be deplaning as there are no customs - mafic Aug 10, 17:48 3
  - wow -- nm - prayformojo Aug 10, 18:04
  - a world capital airport, everyone! - Reagen Aug 10, 18:01
  - When my ORD-DEL flight diverted to Jaipur, we landed at like midnight so I wasn't surprised we had to stay on the plane. - ty97 Aug 10, 17:52

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I've had a few of these. Zurich-Toronto rerouted to Halifax, Auckland-Melbourne rerouted to Canberra.

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