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Old 5th Dec 2011, 12:55
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An Air China B747 coming from JFK diverted from Beijing and ended up at diversion airport with less than 6000 Lbs fuel on board........

Should they had to do a go around at diversion, they would have flamed out engines for sure.....

So much for flight safety in Air China.
The flight seems to have ended in a safe manner

Is there any confirmation that the flight was conducted in an unsafe manner (fuel planning) or is this just an example of a rare set of conditions not anticipated in an SOP ?
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