Originally Posted by
Chris2303
Report: Singapore B773 at Batam on Oct 25th 2022, landed significantly below required final reserve fuel
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I happened to be on this flight and at the time couldn’t understand why they had not diverted to KLIA or Batam significantly earlier given the localise weather conditions.
Shortly after successful landing a short taxi was completed arriving near a gate, but before the doors were opened or a connecting bridge/stair way arrived, the aircraft lost all power, without warning. A refuelling was completed with passengers on board before attempting to restart the AGPU which ultimately failed. Later a ground generator arrived and provided external power which also continued to drop out frequently. In the end all passengers disembarked and were held until an engineering crew could be flown in from SIN. 30 minutes after engineering crew arrival the passengers reboarded, power restored and was able to take off.
Eventual arrival was 12+ hours after original scheduled arrival time."
This sounds like an accurate account meaning the aircraft had essentially zero fuel as they cleared the runway. The issues with restarting the APU after it flamed out due to fuel starvation are normal. The long APU fuel line requires a maintenance technician to bleed the line after fueling to get the APU back online.