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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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existing clearance may result in landing with less than planned final reserve fuel. It is not an emergency but an indication to ATC that one is possible should there be any delays. The operator produced a flow chart to assist
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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Prestwick, the crew requested a diversion 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
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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“mayday” to go to Manchester. However, they agreed that their current fuel state did not meet the criteria written in the company operations manual to declare an emergency2. They discussed their concern that they might receive a windshear warning at
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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accident site about 0012. The supervisor arrived in the accident area about 0017 but could not report on scene because he encountered a locked gate adjacent to the airport's United Parcel Service facility. He contacted the on-scene commander by radio
Open official document at PDF page 67Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999

9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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investigated accidents in which the emergency response was delayed because the crash was not detected or the wreckage was not located in a timely manner. A brief discussion of three such accidents follows. Northwest Airlines Flights 1482 and 299, Detroit,
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9H-QBD: Storm Amy fuel emergency

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DC-9 Operating Manual indicated that, for landings on slippery runways, pilots were not to exceed 1.3 EPR on the “slippery portions of the runway” except in an emergency situation. Likewise, Boeing's MD-80 FCOM indicated that reverse thrust of no more
Open official document at PDF page 149Runway Overrun During Landing: American Airlines Flight 1420, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, N215AA, Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1, 1999