On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:58:40 -0400, Fly Guy wrote:

How retarded is this.

You've got a plane in the air, and someone notices that some seats are
(or have become) loose.

Passengers in those seats are moved to other (presumably empty) seats.

Everyone is now sitting in a secure seat.

So why does the plane need to make an emergency landing?

What difference does it make at this point if the plane continues on and
lands at it's scheduled destination?


That's because the problem may be progressive and you could end up
with seats just floating about the place and not bolted down.

I imagine the aircraft puts down at the nearest airport that can take
it.

Obviously that would be exceptional, but there's nobody on the
aircraft who will say that it's safe to continue, so it lands as soon
as possible.