United Flight Returns To Gate At 3AM, As Pilot Goes “One Minute” Over Duty Time (opens in new tab)

There’s a story that’s going viral about how a United Airlines flight that had diverted to Washington Dulles returned to its gate at 3AM after taxiing out to the runway, as the pilot had reportedly exceeded his maximum duty time for the day by just one minute. Obviously this is incredibly frustrating, but is there a little more to the story?