Coathanger16
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure the crew on this flight didn't care which airport they landed at.
Depends what the diversion is for.
If it's just a "fuel and go" or a medical diversion where they just need to offload the ill passenger, then yes generally any airport will do.
If the diversion will require any ground handling over and above the two scenarios above, all passengers to disembark or an engineering issue, then generally they'll prefer the aircraft to divert to an airport that the airline already flies to as they already have those services available.