Originally Posted by
mustangsally
On who controls United diversions, maybe twenty years ago or so, the Captain lost the say in were to take a broken jet. I don't recall all the facts, but it had something to do with a DC-8 that ran out of fuel trying to land at Portland, Or. Maybe some of you historic accident with knowledge could comment.
UA173 came down on approach to 28L at Portland. PDX was the intended destination of the flight, and there's no suggestion in the report that the Captain had expressed a wish to land elsewhere and had been overruled by UA Ops.
I'd be surprised if they did today either.