flight diversion
Alternate airport landing
A flight diversion occurs when an aircraft lands at an airport other than its scheduled destination.
Diversions happen for many reasons: medical emergencies, mechanical problems, severe weather, unruly passengers, or security threats.
Our flight was diverted to Denver due to a snowstorm in Chicago.
Airlines typically arrange alternate transportation to get passengers to their original destination.
- rerouteSend a different way
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency landingUnscheduled descent due to crisis
- landingDescent's final moment
- alternateOccur in succession
airport · detour · redirect · turbulence · medical · fuel · weather · delay · cockpit · announcement · air traffic control · descent · unscheduled · passengers · captain · cabin crew · distraction · amusement
- alternate routesbypass, detour, alternate route, reroute, shortcut
- aviation crimeshijacking, skyjacking, air piracy, air rage, unruly passenger
- aviation disastersplane crash, air crash, midair collision, crash landing, crash site