I would say it went to SJC for a couple of reasons: 1. It may have been quicker for it to land at SJC after taking off from SFO. SJC is not that far from SFO 2. A trauma unit may have been located closer to SJC than SFO David Ross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/ > Quick question for everyone. > > About a month ago, a friend of mine was flying AA from SFO to Mexico. On > departure, one of the passangers had a heart attack and then there was a > contained engine failure. Instead of returning to SFO the plan landed at > SJC. I'm guessing because AA has a maintence base there. I have checked > the NTSB website a few times and have yet to see anything. So, two > questions: > > 1. Would this be considered an incident that would have to be reported to > the NTSB? Or why is this not posted on the website yet? > 2. Anyone have any details as to why they would fly to SJC instead of > returning to SFO. > > Any info would be great. > > Thanks, > tyler