As you may recall, columnist Tim Woodward/Idaho Statesman described his flight ordeal that landed him in Spokane -- stuck. Quoth: "...I'm still in Spokane and may be here till spring." The comment brought back memories to Milt Nelson/Rathdrum, who writes:

I had an identical experience just a year ago when an AmericaWest flight to Spokane was diverted to SEATTLE when we were actually in the landing pattern! I thought in today's 'Hi-Tech' atmosphere that ALL planes could land at ANY major airport regardless of the weather, but our flight had to actually accelerate a few seconds from touchdown and the whole planeload had to spend the night in the Seattle Airport when we were finally shunted-off to another flight (@ 1030 hrs.) the next morning! We were supposed to be in Spokane in early-to-mid evening the previous night, but the INability to make a simple landing was aborted and led to more than a Half-Days delay. I told myself that I'd 'Take The Train' next time

Question: Anyone else have a close encounter with the Spokane airport?

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