With no one hurt, integrity of flight unchanged, and only one Lu obstructed - why divert (especially to ICT where UAL has no mx)? The safety need for those exit doors would be no different if either ICT or SNA.
I'm sure the pax would have wanted to press on as scheduled rather than divert for an inconvenient overnight in ICT.
Last edited by L-38; 1st Jul 2014 at 17:44.