Why has this only been picked up by Northern Irish press (as far as I can google)?
Maybe it is because United doesn't normally fly Dublin to Boston?
Or, perhaps it was a reroute for the storm?
Here's another article with a 'log sheet' in one of the pictures:
Derg man 'saves US flight' from Sandy - UTV Live News
Looks like one of the notations on the log sheet is 'AA 720 - mayday- Boston INT'. Not sure this makes sense, isn't AA 720 DFW-LGA?
Or, was it yet another reroute for weather and they came up on the HF in the B-737-800 to chat with Benny in the UK?
LGA was underwater that day, a reroute to JFK would make sense but through someone in Northern Ireland?
The story might be largely true and some of the facts were garbled in the reporting. I've done crossings in recent years with satcomm inop due to MEL or someone forgot to send the renewed FCC license to the right place.
After a careful review of the evidence, I hereby nominate Benny Young for this year's ALPA Tim Martins Lifesaving Award.
