Its a slow night at work so I did some digging on the Deltamatic and foun= d what I think is the routing for the flights in question... The aircraft seems to start and finish in Toronto stopping in Halifax and= St. Johns in its way to and from Heathrow. Its daily service too from w= hat I can see. Here are the skeds: FLT INFO AC 626/ 9DEC = LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES YYZ 500P 763 = YHZ 759P 1.59 802 FLT INFO AC 860/ 9DEC = LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES YHZ 915P 763 = YYT 1115P 1155P 763 1.30 549 LHR 825A=A51 5.00 7.10 2316 And Back: >2AC861< = FLT INFO AC 861/ 9DEC = LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES LHR 1130A 763 = YYT 140P 230P 763 5.40 2316 YHZ 342P 1.42 8.12 549 FACTS- 1. YYTYHZ = NO LOCAL OR CONNECTING OR STOPOVER TRAFFIC FLT INFO AC 627/ 9DEC = LOF ARR DEP ETA ON IN ETD OUT OFF ACF ELPD ACCUM MILES YHZ 500P 763 = YYZ 629P 2.29 802 FACTS- I'm not sure why they can sell YHZ-YYT but not YYT-YHZ on the return. So= me kind of service authority or customs issue maybe? cheers- Tom > From: Michael Burris <yul@prodigy.net> > Date: 2002/12/09 Mon PM 12:30:32 EST > To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: Woman falls asleep on flight to St. John's, > wakes up in England .......... > = > AIRLINE: > = > So this means that a wide-body was in service on this > route for a turnaround? Interesting! I wonder who is > legally liable for her delays as a result? Kind of > funny, but it couldn't have more serious had she had a > medical condition and needed that medication ASAP. > To bad she was a sound sleeper! > = > -- Mike Burris > Cambridge, Mass > ---------------------------------------- > --- Roger James <ejames@escape.ca> wrote: > > Woman falls asleep on flight to St. John's, wakes up > > in England ,,,,,,Air > > Canada staff didn't wake her up, wouldn't turn plane > > around > > Brian Callahan > > Citizen Special Monday, December 09, 2002 > > > > > > Catherine Coyle had been flying home to St. John's > > from Halifax. The > > journey normally takes 90 minutes. It took her 15 > > hours. ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. > > -- A Newfoundland woman is demanding answers from > > Air Canada after her > > 90-minute flight home became a 15-hour odyssey to > > England and back. > > Catherine Coyle, 39, who moved to Halifax 10 years > > ago, was flying home to > > the Newfoundland capital late Thursday to be with > > her ailing mother. She > > fell asleep shortly after the flight left Halifax, > > tired after days of not > > sleeping and worrying about her mother. When she > > woke up several hours > > later, she immediately sensed something was wrong. > > "I woke up about 1 a.m. > > and noticed that there was a different person > > sitting next to me," she > > said. "Then the pilot announced the possible arrival > > time and that the > > flying time would be four-and-a-half hours. I was > > shocked." > > > > Ms. Coyle approached a flight attendant for an > > explanation and was told the > > flight was almost 30 minutes out of St. John's and > > headed to London, > > England. "I told him my family, my luggage, my > > medication, my clothes ... > > is back in Newfoundland. And I said, 'I've got to > > get off this plane.' " > > But Air Canada denied her request to turn the plane > > around. > > Back in St. John's, her sister and mother were > > waiting at the airport. They > > had her luggage, but there was no sign of Ms. Coyle. > > They began to worry > > and eventually called the RCMP. Sitting in an aisle > > seat in the middle of > > the plane, Ms. Coyle said she can't understand how > > the flight crew didn't > > notice her or ask to see her ticket before leaving > > for England. > > > > "I asked about head counts and the steward said he > > did and it worked out > > perfect," she said. "But apparently they only > > counted the boarding passes > > or something, not the individual passengers." She > > spent only two hours in > > London before boarding a return flight to St. > > John's, for which she didn't > > have to pay. An official from Air Canada told her > > someone would call her > > today to discuss the incident. "Whoever was on that > > plane is going to get a > > blast," Ms. Coyle said. "It must even be illegal or > > something for them to > > take me to another country with no passport, > > nothing." Air Canada officials > > could not be reached for comment. > > > > > > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: > > Roj (Roger James) > > *************************************************** > > escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca > > Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com > > CBC Website > > http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ > > The Trinbago Site of the Week: > > (TnT News) http://www.tntmirror.com/ > > (TnT News) > > courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory > > Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com > > TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt > > > ********************************************************* > =