[DIRTYSECRET]

Smart. Ontario is out of the way. Alaska is so cold this time of year germs freeze when one coughs. Less chance of spreading.

[sanjuanbob]

The plane is only refueling in Alaska, destination is Ontario, CA. The 240 passengers will disembark and get a connecting flight...maybe to where you live! I wonder how many busy airports in America have the potential to be breeding grounds beginning tomorrow?

[Vigilanteman]

Ontario is major freight hub for FedEx and less than 40 miles east of LAX. At one time, they actually ran flight shuttles to LAX so people didn't have to go there for international flights. They still run frequent flight shuttles to SFO, SJC and other international gateways because regular bus shuttles have replaced the flight shuttles to LAX.

I understand the need to get them out of Wuhan, but a week or so quarantine in Anchorage would be a proper caution and they could probably use the hotel room business this time of year and get good rates.

[nuconvert]

“Smart. Ontario is out of the way”

Kind of. Why not fly them out to Palm Springs? That’s even more out of the way.
Though if they are immediately allowed to board a plane for anywhere else in the country, what good does it really do?

[bgill]

You think they’re going to be sat out on an iceberg with a couple polar bears within their frozen sneeze zone?