VS24 Saturday 9th June Diverted

Hi folks,

I've noticed that the VS24 LAX-LHR from Saturday has diverted into Rapid City, South Dakota.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/VIR24

The main runway at Rapid City is 2.5km long, so this is why it was probably a reasonable diversion choice.

Wonder if anyone knows why? Medical?

Guess some of the pax from that plane are feeling a bit KRAP? (groan)

Cheers,
Mike

[Nottingham Nick]

We await the first Rapid City - LHR trip report, with interest.

[mcmbenjamin]

I have a question and it is not directed. Why do people feel divertision are news worthy? They seam to be half the topics over at airliners.net. Weather gets bad (only so much fuel onboard), people get ill, and planes break. All safety/health related and normally are uneventful. I can see how a flight over politically sensitive lands or areas without airports with proper services could be interesting but still should have preplanned divertisions.

[ChuckC]

Ben,
Just a guess, but probably has to do with people who already are fascinated by the whole air travel world being interested in the "inside story" of irregular ops.

Chuck-

Originally posted by GrinningJackanapes
I'm down with daddy-o MJ ChuckC on this one. As I say to my women here in Sea-town, "Anomalies breed interest among the already interested."

What they said.

Mike, nosey...

[Scrooge]

We sit on computers all day looking over forums devoted to airlines, reading about the latest grommet and how it will increase as planes fuel efficiency by .0001%, then a plane diverts..big news...I need a life [:#]