John was a reader of omaat and was on a Finnair flight to Seattle. Double diversions for the same reason are very rare.
There is an incident involving a flight from HEL toSEA. The flight was operated by Finnair and had the registration code OH-LTR.
The flight was scheduled to leave at 3:20PM. After 90 minutes, the decision was made to return the plane to the airport. There's a reason. The plane was making noise.
John was confused because the plane was turning around before the pilot announced it.
This wasn't an emergency that required diversion to the nearest airport, but the pilots decided they didn't feel comfortable flying the polar route The plane went from 30,000 feet to 20,000 feet and then to 10,000 feet. Shortly before 10PM local time, the plane made a return landing in Helsinki.
The issue with this Finnair A330 was resolved quickly and the flight left for Seattle at 11:19PM. The plane flew for nearly an hour until it turned around and flew again.
The captain announced that the problem had returned after reader John noticed it again. The plane flew for 2 hours and 40 minutes after descending to 20,000 feet.
The plane made a smooth landing in theFinnish capital. It took the passengers about 8 hours to get from their first flight to their second flight.
The flight was canceled at that time. Finnair didn't have enough planes to operate an extra flight yet again, so reader John was re booked on a different airline.
A few days ago a Finnair flight from Helsinki to Seattle was forced to return to Helsinki twice due to the same pressurization issues.
I feel like in the past, double diversions like this were almost unheard of, but there were at least two last month.
It's pretty remarkable that the same passengers on the same flight were diverted to the same airport twice.
What do you think about this diversion?
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