Originally Posted by
N707ZS
Why did he not return to Manchester.
A couple of possible reasons:
- Manchester being a much busier airport where handling an emergency including a potentially overweight landing would cause disruption
- Availability of a spare aircraft at LPL for pax to continue their journey
There's a You-Tube vis out there of a birdstrike at MAN several years ago. Departing 757 ingested the bird requiring the shut down of an engine. ATC offered the aircraft options including return to MAN or going to LPL with runway availability/LDA quoted.
In that case the flight returned to MAN.