Originally Posted by
Black Pudding
180% of extra fuel on top of what the original fuel to divert is a lot. If divert fuel was 2000 kgs, it’s now 5600 kgs (correct me if I’m wrong). If you don’t have it, you don’t have it.
Unsure about their ZFW, however on a standard loaded A320, from around 7t expected FOB at destination (!) you start hitting the MLW limit.
Meant to say, quite likely there never was more than 6.5 when the diversion started.
With the triple burn this would suggest an equivalent of 2.2 on a normal day, i.e. about 50 minutes [or markedly less] from resuming ZFW state.
In case that happened, kudos to crew for taking the necessary actions before running out of the juice competely.