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Old 20th Feb 2011, 13:20
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one of our flight departed (a340)amesterdam headed to jfk..uneventful flight(expected weather at destination was ok at time of arrival) with sector fuel strong head wind...within an hour of arrival to jfk storm appeared(pilot report) covered most of east cost airports

jfk closed fuel quantity is approaching diversion quanitity...not many airports options that can take a340 were available..both pilots were familiar only with destination and some of our alternates but to vector you to an airport you have no clue what even the ILS FREQ.IS ?? thats scary this was done as he is running out of fuel ...landed safely but u can imagine the fuel he had at that time...any way pilot requested to hold at taxi way for 10 mins to get hold of his shaking knees....try that...good luck
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