Great pictures, and I hope it won't seem patronising to say that this whole affair, and the way it has been handled, has really put Iqaluit/Frobisher on the map for some of us southerners that never had the privilege to land there.
Quote from
hoss183:
"I bet the G-YMMM incident at Heathrow pop into their heads - engine roll back due to icing of the fuel heat exchangers. If its in your mind that the second might do the same, you might land rather sharpish."
Yes. The only reservation I have (sitting comfortably at home
) would be the case where the alternate was rendered unsafe, owing to sudden strife or natural events, or had insufficient shelter for the passengers
and no fuel. (That was why I mentioned welfare.)
In that case, of course, one would hope to have previously ruled the aerodrome out at the flight-planning stage.