[opengrass]

Why would it land in New York instead of St John?

[vl]

Because they knew it’s not a real threat and they wanted to land at United hub for cost saving reasons.

[dboreham]

Better food and theater.

[anonymars]

Presumably the logistics of being back at a major hub

[umanwizard]

If you genuinely fear for the lives of everyone on board, who gives a shit about logistics?

[anonymars]

I guess you can infer how they weighted the two concerns