A B752 dispatcher reported that the captain declared a minimum fuel emergency with C90.

Attributes
ACN	588790
Time
Date	200307
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	navaid : jvl.ndb
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : c90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other ndb
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
ASRS Report	588790
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : declared emergency
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather Company Airport
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Aircraft was put in a holding pattern over jvl for ord due to ord landing on only 1 runway. Flight crew declared minimum fuel with ATC and dispatch, then declared fuel emergency with ATC and dispatch, got cleared into ord, landed with 6300 pounds of fuel. Dispatcher notified the flight crew that rfd was an option before minimum fuel was declared. ATC continued to vector the aircraft over jvl area towards ord.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B752 DISPATCHER RPTED THAT THE CAPT DECLARED A MINIMUM FUEL EMER WITH C90.

Narrative: ACFT WAS PUT IN A HOLDING PATTERN OVER JVL FOR ORD DUE TO ORD LNDG ON ONLY 1 RWY. FLT CREW DECLARED MINIMUM FUEL WITH ATC AND DISPATCH, THEN DECLARED FUEL EMER WITH ATC AND DISPATCH, GOT CLRED INTO ORD, LANDED WITH 6300 LBS OF FUEL. DISPATCHER NOTIFIED THE FLT CREW THAT RFD WAS AN OPTION BEFORE MINIMUM FUEL WAS DECLARED. ATC CONTINUED TO VECTOR THE ACFT OVER JVL AREA TOWARDS ORD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.