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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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to Manchester Airport, but the request was not accepted and the aircraft diverted to Edinburgh Airport. Following a further windshear escape manoeuvre at Edinburgh, the crew declared an emergency and diverted to Manchester where they landed with a fuel quantity
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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Prestwick was initially uneventful. Weather data for Manchester, Prestwick, Glasgow and Edinburgh airports were collected in ample time, and the pilots discussed the weather conditions and the windshear escape procedure as part of their arrival briefing. There were no dela
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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was given as to why the request had been refused. The pilots obtained the weather for Edinburgh Airport via ATC which reported strong winds but no windshear, although there had been some aircraft go-arounds earlier. The nearest alternative airport was
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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flight continued and, at 1908:26 hrs, the aircraft was cleared to land on Runway 24 at Edinburgh Airport. At 1909:36 hrs, the FDR and CVR recorded a third Windshear Warning at just under 5 nm from the Runway, at 745
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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with the windshear warnings. In addition, RTF recordings were provided by Prestwick, Edinburgh and Manchester Airports. All data sources were combined to create a timeline of events. Just before taxiing to the runway in Pisa, the combined fuel from the
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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that an emergency could have been declared if the crew was concerned that landing at Edinburgh would not have been assured because of windshear. However, the crew based their decision to divert to Edinburgh on a weather report that did
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