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A dispatcher reports an A320 landing with 2.9 fuel remaining after declaring a fuel emergency. Destination airport closed and thunderstorms at altitude caused deviation to unscheduled airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 741373 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200706 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Weather Elements | Thunderstorm |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : zzz.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| ASRS Report | 741373 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 1 |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : diverted to another airport flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airport Weather |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Air carrier flight reported ZZZ is closed for emergency. I told him to hold until fuel required him to divert to closest airport. He declared he was estimated ZZZ2 in 15 mins. Thunderstorms built in his path to ZZZ2 and he is vectored around until he declared fuel emergency and diverted to ZZZ3. Landed with 2.9 fuel remaining.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DISPATCHER REPORTS AN A320 LNDG WITH 2.9 FUEL REMAINING AFTER DECLARING A FUEL EMER. DEST ARPT CLOSED AND TSTMS AT ALT CAUSED DEV TO UNSCHEDULED ARPT.
Narrative: ACR FLT RPTED ZZZ IS CLOSED FOR EMER. I TOLD HIM TO HOLD UNTIL FUEL REQUIRED HIM TO DIVERT TO CLOSEST ARPT. HE DECLARED HE WAS ESTIMATED ZZZ2 IN 15 MINS. TSTMS BUILT IN HIS PATH TO ZZZ2 AND HE IS VECTORED AROUND UNTIL HE DECLARED FUEL EMER AND DIVERTED TO ZZZ3. LANDED WITH 2.9 FUEL REMAINING.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.