Recently I flew on MX224 from Charleston, SC to Norfolk, VA. We were delayed taking off by 3 hours due to the cloud base being below the RNAV minimums in Norfolk, VA and an Inop Instrument Landing System (ILS). Once we got near Norfolk, the clouds went below the RNAV (GPS) approach minimums again. The pilots decided to start a diversion to Richmond, VA. Luckily, a Delta Connection Mitsubishi CRJ900 managed to make it into Norfolk just as we started the diversion. The pilots turned back and managed to make it! Which is very lucky as I had a connecting flight at Norfolk and made it with 15 minutes to spare! As soon as I sat down "Boarding complete" was announced over the tannoy!
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*Flight Details*:
Flight Number: MX224
Callsign: MXY224
Departure: Charleston, South Carolina
Destination: Norfolk, Virginia
Departure Time: 06:00 (Actual: 09:26)
Duration: 1h 19 (Actual: 1h 29)
Arrival Time: 07:19 (Actual: 10:55)
Aircraft: Embraer E195LR
Registration: N145BZ
Age: 14.1 years old
Seat: 9A
*Chapters*:
00:00 Intro
00:13 Pushback & Flight details
00:50 Taxi to Charleston SC's Runway 33
01:01 Takeoff from Charleston, SC
04:34 Cruising up to Norfolk, VA
05:05 Holding pattern begins
05:28 Route
05:45 Holding pattern
08:10 start of diversion
08:39 Approach into Norfolk, VA
10:55 Final Approach
12:47 Pushback on my connecting flight
15:37 Taxing to Runway 5
19:07 Takeoff out of Norfolk!
21:06 Outro
