Indeed they did. It must have been the pre-Christmas rush. I've been on that flight a couple of times before, and the return version, and it was a 777. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Jan 1, 2004, at 8:49 PM, Mark Greenwood wrote: > UA is flying a 744 from SFO to DEN? > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Michael C. Berch > Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 11:53 PM > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: 6.5 Earthquake - California > > > Well, at the time of the quake I was sitting in seat 36C of a 747-400 > (N178UA), UA1130, waiting to push back from Gate 86 at SFO. We were > already about 15 minutes late for departure, and I had the headphones > on, > Channel 9. When the plane started shaking -- I initially thought > "about damn > time", assuming it was the tractor connecting for > push-back. But we didn't go anywhere, and suddenly Ch. 9 (tuned to > ground control) was all chatter... > > Ground: Whoo-- that was a big one! Wow! > Aircraft: What the heck was that? > Another aircraft: Did you guys feel that earthquake? > Ground: We're still shaking up here! > Ground: Uh, United xxx hold short of taxiway India. Continental yyy > hold short of taxiway Alpha. Just hold up here while we see if > there's a > problem. > > There were a bunch more call-ins, ground control basically told > everyone to > stop, they said there would be a short ground stop while they sent out > a > mobile crew to inspect the runways and taxiways for damage, and > meanwhile > NORCAL (Bay Approach) put some arrivals in a holding pattern. There > were no > landings for a while so I assume anyone on final was told to go around. > > The ground stop was only about 10 minutes and everything returned to > normal, > so far as I could tell, with departures on 1L/R and landings on > 28L/R. We taxied to 1R, and unfortunately held short on a taxiway > for a further 15 minutes while we waited for "some final numbers on > weight and load" (???). The flight then proceeded normally, except > that we were almost an hour late, causing me to have to run through DEN > for my SkyWest connection to Lincoln. (Which I made, and > miraculously, my luggage made it too). > > -- > Michael C. Berch > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > On Monday, December 22, 2003, at 11:55 AM, Blaine Thompson wrote: > >> Don't know yet if this will affect air travel in and out of >> SFO/LAX/SJC/OAK/BUR/etc. >> >> MSNBC: 6.5 earthquake rocks wide area of Southern California - Temblor >> off coast felt across broad swath of state. An earthquake rocked the >> central >> coast Monday and sent tremors across a wide swath of Southern >> California. >> >> CNN: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit the central California coast about >> 11:15 a.m. (2:15 p.m. ET), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The >> epicenter was >> located about 7 miles from San Simeon, 240 miles north of Los Angeles, >> the >> USGS reported. In Los Angeles and Sas Francisco, the quake was felt as >> sustained rolling motion. >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Check your PC for viruses with the FREE McAfee online computer scan. >> http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 >> > > --- > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 05/12/2003 > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 05/12/2003 > >