Originally Posted by roffa
If an a/c inbound has declared a MAYDAY due to fuel shortage then its nominated landing runway will be sterilised ie kept clear for it, from the time it is 15nm or 18nm from touchdown depending on whether it's landing on the nominated departure or arrival runway.
- in my book (I have
that chapter) I reckon that slows other folk up a bit especially when it is busy, don't you ?
'anotherthing' also tells us the departure runway was used so I would guess a few take-offs got delayed?
Of course, at Luton only the BA88 would suffer any significant delays.
