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Air carrier flight crew reported declaring minimum fuel due to weather hold and windshear go-around.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1478532 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201709 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | VHHH.ARTCC |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Relief Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We were to land with [2 hours] of fuel in vhhh. While enroute dispatch wanted to change alternate to ZZZ2. Original alternate ZZZ was not usable now due to lack of support at airport but could be used in emergency. I asked for more options besides ZZZ2 and was told ZZZ3 was an option. I accepted release 3 with ZZZ2 as alternate. A new taf moved tempo ts to start 2 hours after arrival for vhhh and ZZZ2. We held :15 minutes on arrival to vhhh. On approach we had to go around for wind shear as did the previous airplane. We were vectored around weather and put into a hold. It would be 15 to 20 minutes for another approach to vhhh. We considered our options. We were unable to get a hold of dispatch. My [relief first officer] was able to get ATIS for ZZZ2. Our ACARS was very slow but managed to get a message to dispatch that we were diverting to ZZZ2. Approach said ZZZ2 could not accept because ramp full. And said ZZZ would not take us. I considered ZZZ3. Approach now said planes have landed at vhhh and the weather has moved off the airport. Now vhhh was best option. Started getting delay vectors. We landed with 9800lbs of fuel.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier flight crew reported declaring minimum fuel due to weather hold and windshear go-around.
Narrative: We were to land with [2 hours] of fuel in VHHH. While enroute dispatch wanted to change alternate to ZZZ2. Original alternate ZZZ was not usable now due to lack of support at airport but could be used in emergency. I asked for more options besides ZZZ2 and was told ZZZ3 was an option. I accepted release 3 with ZZZ2 as alternate. A new TAF moved Tempo TS to start 2 hours after arrival for VHHH and ZZZ2. We held :15 minutes on arrival to VHHH. On approach we had to go around for wind shear as did the previous airplane. We were vectored around weather and put into a hold. It would be 15 to 20 minutes for another approach to VHHH. We considered our options. We were unable to get a hold of dispatch. My [Relief First Officer] was able to get ATIS for ZZZ2. Our ACARS was very slow but managed to get a message to dispatch that we were diverting to ZZZ2. Approach said ZZZ2 could not accept because ramp full. And said ZZZ would not take us. I considered ZZZ3. Approach now said planes have landed at VHHH and the weather has moved off the airport. Now VHHH was best option. Started getting delay vectors. We landed with 9800lbs of fuel.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.