Mayday! Mayday! FUEL EMERGENCY!
Aviation Herald...
Incident: Ryanair B738 at Alicante and Valencia on May 14th 2010, fuel emergency
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DYX performing flight FR-8384 from London Stansted,EN (UK) to Alicante,SP (Spain), was on approach to Alicante's runway 10 but went around due to weather conditions. The crew subsequently attempted an approach to runway 28 but went around again due to winds and decided to divert to Valencia (72nm north of Alicante) declaring PAN being below the final fuel reserve. While on approach to Valencia the crew declared MAYDAY and performed a safe landing on Valencia's runway 12.
The Spanish CIAIAC reported, that following the landing in Valencia remaining fuel was measured: 440kg of fuel were found in tank 1, 470kg in tank2 and 0kg in center tank. The airplane was refueled and continued to Alicante. An investigation has been initiated.
The airplane reached Alicante with a delay of 2:25 hours.