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Why would it have gone into EDI instead of STN or some airport closer in ? I was under the impression that the storm had been more problematic in the West and deep South of the UK.
The fact that EDI is already a United destination may have had a bearing on the choice.
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Thanks to both of the replies. I can appreciate that UA have a presence at EDI, the distance was the issue for me, when perhaps a closer airport was safe and available. That said, no doubt crews running out of hours was a major consideration and so on :-)
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1) use emergency authority and become a test pilot for a strong xwind landing against Boeing procedures.
2) find an airport suitable with less then 15kts xwind.
I guarantee you with this situation, United NOC and the crew were not thinking of crew duty time or engineering support for the chosen divert.