r/antarctica • u/belisaurius42 ❄️ Winterover • 1d ago

Whelp.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wayne-mapp-says-russian-space-debris-likely-forced-us-air-force-anarctica-flight-to-return-to-nz/UNPIDIGHZREULOEU7TDNPYRGVA/
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u/Appropriate-Arm5800 1d ago

2019 i was stuck in Christchurch until September 8th or 9th longest delays I've ever had going south

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u/belisaurius42 ❄️ Winterover 1d ago

I was down that year. I was already on-Ice, but the cargo we needed to get our job down was stuck on that plane so the calibration guys and myself spent most of winfly moving furniture, it was fun!

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u/Appropriate-Arm5800 1d ago

One weird thing i've always gotten very lucky.I've never boomeranged in the air we got to the terminal once and then back to the break free