Press Release: Here is an update for diversions to SEA due to the SFO incident. In total we had five international diversions, all flights inbound to SFO diverted on their way. SEA recorded three domestic flight cancellations from SEA-SFO (two Virgin American, one United). With the reopening of runways at SFO, several are now on their way to their destination. For further details, check with the specific airlines.
List of international diversions (note updates on some flight numbers):
British Air #285 from London, held at gate, now departed to SFO
Emirates #225 From Dubai, held at gate, now departed to SFO
United #902 from Frankfurt, flight cancelled, passengers accommodated overnight
SwissAir #38 from Zurich, refueled and departed to SFO
Air France #84 from Paris, held at gate and departed to SFO
Again, we recommend all passengers with connections or flights to SFO, refer to airline scheduled for their specific flight. Also can check Port of Seattle flight information at http://www.portseattle.org/Sea-Tac/Flights-Airlines/Pages/default.aspx
At this time we do not expect any other diversions.
NOTE: This was updated at 5:28pm to reflect only five flights diverting to SEA vs five as earlier reported.
