On Wed, 17 May 2006 19:39:21 +0000 (UTC), (Roy Smith)
wrote:

In article ,
Blowinginthewind wrote:

FAA Control tower Abandoned

I think this is a poor choice of words.
Plane landing after hours finds tower closed might be more like it.

Southwest Planes Turn Around Minutes From Green
Southwest Says Planes Could Not Land Without Air Traffic Control


Here the tower closes at 11:00PM local.

Ignoring the the sarcastic comments, and somewhat puzzled by why the
tower would be abandoned, I'm curious what prevented the flight from
landing. Is there something in SW's op-specs which requires an
operating control tower to land?

Must be SW's policy


It also seems odd that they would turn around and go back to
Baltimore. It would seem to make more sense to land someplace close
(like BDL) and put the pax on a bus to their final destination.

Probably another SW policy or pilot had a date that night.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com