1 hour flight from Las Vegas to California turned into a 17-hour journey from hell

So glad I do NOT fly...

What a fucking nightmare!!!

Gave you 5 STARS!!!

That was INSANE!!!

I hope Nick Diaz was not on that flight...

Any MMA fan would understand this!

Stockton Slap...

I'm wondering why Allegiant didn't know that before they made the flight.

I fly a lot that flight would be very painful

Exactly.

No TSA for me.

It's like they don't want us flying these days

My ex flew all the time for work. He had a couple of those bad flights over the years, with being turned away due to weather at multiple places and taking a day to finally get back to Wichita.

Why did they not land at SCK? OK tower doesn't answer pilots switch over to an uncontrolled system where you announce your intentions over the radio CTAF if the weather is good it is basic see and avoid.

The Diaz the fans want but they have had to settle for Nate.

Haven't seen that 1 in a while so great

Allegiant Airlines should have known the Control Tower's hours. HUGE mistake on the part of the airline going to an airport where everybody else knew the tower would be closed at the time they arrived.

Being an airline there was probably something in either the Federal Regulations or in their Airline Operating Manual (or insurance policies) that would only allow them to operate out of or into a "Controlled" field ... thus the pilots were trapped once they arrived and the tower was closed.

Screw Ups happen in any business ... but this is really a head scratcher one since it was so dumb and so preventable.

Coulda walked there faster.

flight 161 16+1 = 17.
hours in air 17 1+7= 8


i dunno what to do next but surely someone saw this coming


ah how about
todays date. 07/14/2021 = 17

or alternatively the day it happened 161 + 17 in the same above fashion give 16, which was Tuesday.

Drive next time

Isn't this a regular flight in and out of Vegas from Stockton? I'm thinking the mess up was at the control tower...maybe?

It musta had a big fuel tank.

First time for me to see this....


Everyday I see something that reminds me of what a bunch of funny human beans we are, some of us with too much time on our hands.

Ha! I auditioned for Big Mike's band ages ago.

Could have landed them at KBFL, and sent a bus to take them to Stockton.

Ok it's GLP so i can post this here......

a 1 hour flight, just so happened to pack enough fuel for a 17 hour flight?

Lets look at the A380 planes fuel:

Fuel capacity: 253,983 kg (559,937 lb), 323,546 litres (85,472 US gal)

How do they fill up a plane after its landed quick enough ready for the next take off? I can only assume that they always only use half a tank. I thought to myself they must use really fast pumps from the fuel tankers, but then thought to myself the pressure can't be too high becuase they wouldn't want to damage the wings etc?

The weight of the fuel capacity, seriously?

Flight really blows my mind! I think something is a foot here! Like these jet engines once in the air, don't need the fuel they say they need and the air intake speed/pressure is enough to continue turning the turnbines?
I dunno, no expert at all in this field, just find the volume of that fuel pretty mental!

Would have been faster to land the plane in Sacramento and take the bus or Amtrak to Stockton.

What the hell? Looks like riding air line jets are out of the question forever especially after this. I dont even travel by air anyway

Same here. I will never fly again - not for leisure, not for business. The only way I'll fly again is if it's an absolute emergency.

Or taken a Greyhound - would have got there faster, more leg room, no gestapo flight attendants and more affordable.

Never thought Greyhound bus would be a better option than flying but here we are, welcome to 2021.