Chicago-to-Frankfurt United flight diverted

Kudos....better safe than sorry.

The flight mentioned is [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL940/history/20110104/0041Z/KORD/EDDF]

I'm going with Jim on this :) rather be safe than sorry.

We've seen catastrophe happen before from choosing NOT to divert....I agree with you two.

The avionics on a $250M aircraft can't handle a splash of coffee!? Get ready for mandatory sippy-cups on the flight deck.

Avionics & liquid don't mix. A Bloody Mary & a King Air's autopilot didn't like each other on a flight from Houston to Jackson Hole and had to land in Denver to be cleaned. The only thing I had left was the heading bug. We needed a sippy-cup!!! It was only a $5,000.00 Bloody Mary!!!

If I was the owner of the liquid avionics catastrophe flight, the crew would be back flying a C-172 at Acme Flight Training School if my ski schedule was screwed up !

Better safe than sorry - as stated.
Nice job to the pilot.
At least he was not in the "Can"
when decision was made to divert.

This other news article has a little more detail on what occurred: [http://flightaware.com/news/ap/Coffee-spill-causes-diversion-for-US-flight/3314]