China South diverts to AMS...
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China South diverts to AMS...
Being reported on in the Daily Fail that CZ303 diverted to AMS with low fuel after earlier diversion around Chinese military ops
London-bound flight forced to divert to Amsterdam after 'running out of fuel' | Daily Mail Online
London-bound flight forced to divert to Amsterdam after 'running out of fuel' | Daily Mail Online
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"after"?
was forced to divert to Amsterdam after running out of fuel.
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I am quietly amused. In the 1990's I lived in Beijing and in the flat below mine lived the (Dutch) Airbus representative to Air China, who used to call on me a couple of times a week at least to rant, over a Heineken, about Air China's absurdly excessive fuel reserves...
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They had to make a huge detour plus the head wind:http://http://www.flightradar24.com/...CZ303/#6fff929
It was already known for at least 8 hours that they would make the fuel stop at AMS. Not sure if the flightplan was CAN-AMS AMS-LHR.
It was already known for at least 8 hours that they would make the fuel stop at AMS. Not sure if the flightplan was CAN-AMS AMS-LHR.
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I am quietly amused. In the 1990's I lived in Beijing and in the flat below mine lived the (Dutch) Airbus representative to Air China, who used to call on me a couple of times a week at least to rant, over a Heineken, about Air China's absurdly excessive fuel reserves...
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I am quietly amused. In the 1990's I lived in Beijing and in the flat below mine lived the (Dutch) Airbus representative to Air China, who used to call on me a couple of times a week at least to rant, over a Heineken, about Air China's absurdly excessive fuel reserves... ]
In China, with Chinese ATC and Chinese bureaucracy and total inflexibility, you only have too much fuel if you're on fire.
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So, let me just make sure I've got this right. An aircraft crew following what appear to be normal and safe procedures is now headline news in that excuse for a newspaper?
