"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Well we aren't talking normal conditions here though are we?

Let's face it. ATC screwed up and so did the pilot. When ATC offered him
vectors to two closer airports (and I have no idea if they were the two I
mentioned above) and he refused them ATC probably decided it wasn't as
much of an emergency as one might think.

We all know he refused them to lessen the impact (bad word to use) on the
airlines schedule for the rest of the day.

The only error the pilot made was not making it clear to ATC that it had
been decided they would be landing on runway 17C at DFW.