This is a very serious incident, hence the investigation. But I doubt it will lead to any changes with regards to the required fuel reserves. To keep it simple, you basically need enough fuel to get where you want to go, circle around a bit, fly somewhere else, circle around a bit, and land there. You generally don’t want to take on additional weight for no real reason.
It is a common occurrence where delays and weather conditions result in nearing minimum fuel. Which means it will turn into an emergency if you don’t get on the ground soon, not that it’s going to run out of fuel in a minute.
A real fuel emergency such as this can be caused by large weather patterns resulting in failed landing attempts at multiple different airports, which has happened before.
The investigation is more likely to scrutinize whether or not the pilots should’ve diverted to the airports they did, instead of one known to have nicer conditions. That is to say, whether they diverted to a closer airport to save face for the airline.
They will also probably look at the decision to dispatch the flight in the first place in light of the available forecasts at the time, and the decision to attempt a landing in light of available reports.
But you probably shouldn’t be concerned about your next flight. This is an exceptionally rare occurrence.
This is a very serious incident, hence the investigation. But I doubt it will lead to any changes with regards to the required fuel reserves. To keep it simple, you basically need enough fuel to get where you want to go, circle around a bit, fly somewhere else, circle around a bit, and land there. You generally don’t want to take on additional weight for no real reason.
It is a common occurrence where delays and weather conditions result in nearing minimum fuel. Which means it will turn into an emergency if you don’t get on the ground soon, not that it’s going to run out of fuel in a minute.
A real fuel emergency such as this can be caused by large weather patterns resulting in failed landing attempts at multiple different airports, which has happened before.
The investigation is more likely to scrutinize whether or not the pilots should’ve diverted to the airports they did, instead of one known to have nicer conditions. That is to say, whether they diverted to a closer airport to save face for the airline.
They will also probably look at the decision to dispatch the flight in the first place in light of the available forecasts at the time, and the decision to attempt a landing in light of available reports.
But you probably shouldn’t be concerned about your next flight. This is an exceptionally rare occurrence.
as is common knowledge, you can tap the gauge to get five more minutes of fuel time. however,, it only works once