Originally Posted by
West Coast
Lower altitude increasing burn. If they weren’t able to see displays or outside, they may have needed a GCA recovery meaning they needed NUW.
Or perhaps as you suggest there’s more to the story.
According to the story - they were about 60 miles south of seattle- seattle to NAS Whidbey is about 30 miles - so at worst- IF story is correct-less than 200 miles to return to Whidbey allowing for air traffic issues around seattle- and from their supposed location to NAS whidbey there are three major airfields- Jpint base lewis mcchord and seattle tacoma or Boeing field within the ' 60 miles '
my point is simply that many other factors either were not known by reporters or simply not understood or not divulged.