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Old 28th Jan 2010, 08:25
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eivissa
 
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The low fuel scenario will refer to what borja said earlier. They might have advised ATC about their further intentions after landing.
Something like "after landing request taxi to refuelling station" is sugar for a newspaper journalist.

Nevertheless, this is what the flight and training manual states about low fuel warning systems in the AW139:

The fuel quantity gauging system is composed of four
capacity probes, a fuel computer unit and a fuel low level
sensor for each tank.
When the fuel quantity falls below the low level sensor
the caution 1 or 2 FUEL LOW is provided to the MFD.

CAS CAUTION MESSAGE:

"FUEL LOW" - On affected tank fuel
contents below 92kg

- Check fuel contents and
XFEED if required
- Land as soon as practicable
(within 20 minutes)

When cross feeding, the tank with pump off, NOT supplying the
engines, will have a level of unusable fuel of 228kg. This unusable
fuel level value will change to grey to indicate the tank can
no longer supply fuel.

UNUSABLE FUEL
In coordinated (ball centered) flight ............................... 0kg indicated/
............................................................ ...(8 kg/10 litres per tank actual)
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