engine issues. The diverted aircraft was a 767-300ER, registration number N1612T. On 14 March 2020, Polar Air Cargo Flight 717, from Los Angeles to Tokyo landed on Shemya Island due to a suspected fire on board. The flight operated by a 747-400F, initially diverted to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, but had to divert again to Shemya due to poor weather in Petropavlovsk. Demographics Eareckson Air Station as Shemya Air Force Base appeared on the 1960-80 U.S. Censuses. As Shemya in 1960 (an unincorporated military base) and as Shemya (Air Force) Station in 1970. In 1980, it was made a census-designated place (CDP). It was dissolved as a CDP in 1990 and did not report separately again until 2020 as Eareckson Station CDP. See also Alaska World War II Army Airfields List of United States Air Force installations References Further reading Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. . A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado External links Eareckson Air Station – Contaminated Sites Program Site Summary (Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation) 1943 establishments in Alaska Stations of the United States Air Force Airports in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in Alaska Radar stations of the United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command military installations Airports established in 1943 Military airbases established in 1943