U of M Basketball Team "fogged in" tonight.

Submitted by DutchWolverine on
U of M basketball tweeted from the plane that they are fogged in for the night and won't fly out to Texas for their game against SMU until the morning. This is a big opportunity for a road win against a top 20 team before conference schedule begins, but definitely not the way they hoped the trip would begin.

https://twitter.com/umichbball/status/674049789747699712

Mr. Yost

December 7th, 2015 at 10:03 PM ^

It's not that big of a deal...

Hopefully they can get an early flight and get in tomorrow and get their shootaround and then get an extended warm-up before the game to get more shots up.

They'll be fine.

Good info though!

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TheDirtyD

December 8th, 2015 at 9:08 AM ^

Yeah thats on me shoulda quit drinking and gone to bed. Didn't mean to sound that sarcastic. Oops you were right to call me out. Sorry GoBlueNorthside, didn't mean to sound like such a dick. I deserve the neg bang.

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TheDirtyD

December 8th, 2015 at 12:29 AM ^

So to get beyond landing at standard basic IFR mins of 200 feet ceilings and 1/2 statue mile of vis. You need ops specs, training special equipment a whole slew of things to do it. Most operators could have taken off in that however most couldn't have landed. It's all about money. The odds that you face those weather conditions are a handful of times a year.

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Go Blue in NC

December 8th, 2015 at 12:52 AM ^

While most operators could takeoff in those conditions but would be unable to land in those same conditions, the concern may have been justified in case of an emergency shortly after takeoff (ex. bird strike) where the plane would be up in the air without a safe place to land in them immediate area. It's an admittedly unlikely scenario but perhaps it played a role in the decision making? As a pilot, thoughts Dirty D?

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TheDirtyD

December 8th, 2015 at 9:16 AM ^

In this situation(the weather at the point or orgin is too poor to return and make a landing) where we might lose an engine after takeoff, we would have whats called a takeoff alternate airport. Depending on the airplane (some aircraft & engine manufactures are able to get certified for onces further away) it can actually be far away recently coming out of KJFK we had one that was KROC. Rochester, NY. How we calcualte how far is too far is a conversation for another day. The plane will fly fine on one engine it will climb accelerate and land fairly normal. It just doesnt have the normal performace you'd get with two.

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Princetonwolverine

December 8th, 2015 at 7:07 AM ^

Maybe it's me but I can't understand why anyone would complain about them taking the safe option considering the history of sports teams and plane crashes. 

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LSAClassOf2000

December 8th, 2015 at 8:00 AM ^

As someone who lives just a stone's throw south of DTW, it didn't seem like it was all that bad - I could hear takeoffs faintly in the distance, but standing on the ground in my subdivision, I couldn't see much past the end of my driveway at the worst of it. Actually, it seems like the landings would be more challenging honestly - driving down Eureka Road last night, you weren't seeing approaching aircraft until they were basically above the street (approx. 100 ft. above cars).

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