"George M. Middius" wrote:

Robert Morein said:

WASHINGTON - A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine

That's our government at work. Causing the airliner the additional
expense when they could have kicked him out in Dallas.

That would be a hell of shortcut. Geography much? ;-)

Diverting an airliner and requiring an extra landing / take-off is
actually very expensive for the airlines.


Graham