Crj-700 flight crew who experienced extended holding on their arrival had to divert as they neared m...

Attributes
ACN	906778
Time
Date	201008
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZTL.ARTCC
State Reference	GA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue

Narrative:

We were holding coming into our destination and were getting close to min fuel. We called our dispatcher to change our alternate. He ran and sent us the new fuel requirements and it was agreed that if we had to hold any longer than our efc time that we would divert.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 flight crew who experienced extended holding on their arrival had to divert as they neared MIN FUEL.

Narrative: We were holding coming into our destination and were getting close to MIN FUEL. We called our Dispatcher to change our alternate. He ran and sent us the new fuel requirements and it was agreed that if we had to hold any longer than our EFC time that we would divert.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Crj-700 flight crew who experienced extended holding on their arrival had to divert as they neared min fuel.