Our plane is just too BIG. We're going back to ORD

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by .Scott

So they couldn't have simply retracted the jet way to allow the plane to continue through after offloading?

See previous post, which would be equally applicable to non-standard ground manoeuvering:

Originally Posted by A Squared

That's not the sort of thing that it's wise to improvise at the last minute.