20/20
Hindsight is 20/20.
However this is one of these situations where they were going to make the papers regardless of the outcome. There are 2 possible out comes.
1. Bust minima, and land in one piece.
2. Divert with less than minimum fuel, turn into a glider, and then end up a smoking hole in the ground. Well maybe not too much smoke (no fuel!), but you get the idea.
Aircraft in one piece, No fatalaties, everyone walks away, albeit a little embarrsed.
Now you decide what option you'd pick.
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