Originally Posted by
212man
How did they only have one hour of fuel?
Originally Posted by
212man
my comment was based on the RT recording where the crew report an hour of fuel.
They reported an hour and a half of fuel when they first declared an emergency after about 30 minutes of trouble shooting. They then reported one hour of fuel after the fly by and canceling one attempt at landing. Weather was good in MEM that evening, probably didn’t have an alternate. Two hours fuel for a 45 minute flight seems reasonable.