diverted

UK/daɪˈvɜːtəd/

adjectiveB2+Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,270 of 15,258leans written

Diverted means sent to a different airport than planned. Diverted to Manchester, the flight was diverted, diverted for weather.

It happens for weather, for a medical emergency, or because a crew is running out of legal hours, and passengers are then a long way from where they meant to be with no easy remedy. Traffic and rivers are diverted too. Note divert; and that being diverted also means entertained.

Definitions of diverted

1adjectivedivertedSent somewhere other than planned.B2+
“Diverted traffic filled the narrow side streets while the main road was closed.”

diverted is a state of redirection.

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diverted in the wild

By the 1920s, so much water was diverted from the Owens Valley that agriculture became difficult.
California water wars
In 1941, Los Angeles diverted water that previously fed Mono Lake, north of Owens Valley, into the aqueduct.
California water wars
When Hatch Lake was dammed in the 1830s to supply the Chenango Canal, all the lake water was diverted to the Chenango Valley to the east.
Otselic River
Formerly, several "mill ditches" diverted the river water to mills in the town of Otselic.
Otselic River
In total, as a result of Operation Yellow Ribbon, between 225 and 240 aircraft were diverted to 17 different airports across the country.
Operation Yellow Ribbon

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