Luton-9

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Originally Posted by Buster the Bear

There is no such thing as a fuel emergency, you either PAN or MAYDAY. The problem with Heathrow is that one of the diversion airports, is the other runway at the Heathrow. If there is a total closure, NATS has a contingency plan and airports close by have to take traffic in an emergency due low fuel. After all, if they didn't, there would be no other options.

FYI


The pilot-in-command shall declare a situation of fuel emergency ”MAYDAY FUEL”, when the calculated usable fuel predicted to be available upon landing at the nearest aerodrome where a safe landing can be made is less than the planned final reserve fuel. Declaration of a fuel emergency is an explicit statement that priority handling by ATC is both required and expected.