Thanks for that Intruder.
I was thinking of maybe a safety aspect considering the following:
Given that the airport closure notams were not issued before the flight departed, it would have been technically possible for the crew to have planned alternate airfields located in Madagascar and then to have calculated their endurance accordingly. Geographically, Madagascar being an Island, there is a bit of a distance to fly before an airfield can be reached outside the Island.
Then had the crew planned the fuel based on malagasy airfields as alternates and taken minimum fuel [or a small reserve], I thought those airfields closure [destination & alternates] would have endangered the flight, considering the illegality of Morondava for the flight to use since no airfield technical documents are available for this aerodrome.
Any thoughts ?
Last edited by Pepperseed; 29th Jan 2012 at 15:20.