Additionally, the alternate airport on the flight plan, Logan International Airport in Boston, was forecast to be below the safe minima for landing.
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Local authorities opened alternate airport access roads and dispatched police to escort the ambulances, to get them through the rush-hour traffic, Espinoza said.
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But the FAA said adding the 27 minutes actually will improve safety, since it will bring planes closer to more enroute alternate airports.
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A rail link from an alternate airport, Krabi, was suggested in 2012, as Phuket is congested and has little room to expand beyond 2015.
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If a flight was diverted to an alternate airport, " the pilots still are paid for a segment, " wrote Tommy Kalil, ValuJet's senior vice president.
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Consequently, 24 flights were canceled, 32 delayed and 18 diverted to alternate airports, airport spokesman Jose Luis Uribe was quoted by the news agency as saying.
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Due to reported reducing visibility at the main alternate airport, the crew decided to add another 400 liters of fuel about 30 minutes later during flight preparations.
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On 3 November 1944, the Interdepartmental Air Traffic Control Board approved use of field by Siskiyou County as an alternate airport for commercial scheduled air carrier operations.
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In Canada, unlike the United States, unless specifically exempted by a company Operating Certificate, IFR flight plans require an alternate airport, regardless of the forecast destination weather.
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One of the first airfields documented played the role of alternate airport from 1930-34 when TACA established the service to carry passengers with an El Salvador-Tegucigalpa-Danli-Ocotal-Esteli-Managua route.
