It’s an open secret that the Cubs, along with most professional sports teams, use charter flights with the same flight number every time they fly.
Thus if you know this flight number, you can track it.
Here’s the tracking info for the Cubs’ plane out of Washington early Friday morning. As you can see, the plane made an unscheduled landing in Albuquerque.
Here’s why that happened:
Last night, the Cubs flight to LA was diverted due to a non-player health issue. A family member of someone on the plane had an issue.