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China South diverts to AMS...
Being reported on in the Daily Fail that CZ303 diverted to AMS with low fuel after earlier diversion around Chinese military ops
London-bound flight forced to divert to Amsterdam after 'running out of fuel' | Daily Mail Online |
"after"?
was forced to divert to Amsterdam after running out of fuel. |
I am quietly amused. In the 1990's I lived in Beijing and in the flat below mine lived the (Dutch) Airbus representative to Air China, who used to call on me a couple of times a week at least to rant, over a Heineken, about Air China's absurdly excessive fuel reserves...
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Gee, I dunno. You'd think most planes would divert before running out of fuel. But it's in the Daily Mail so it must be right. |
They had to make a huge detour plus the head wind:http://http://www.flightradar24.com/...CZ303/#6fff929
It was already known for at least 8 hours that they would make the fuel stop at AMS. Not sure if the flightplan was CAN-AMS AMS-LHR. |
I am quietly amused. In the 1990's I lived in Beijing and in the flat below mine lived the (Dutch) Airbus representative to Air China, who used to call on me a couple of times a week at least to rant, over a Heineken, about Air China's absurdly excessive fuel reserves... |
I am quietly amused. In the 1990's I lived in Beijing and in the flat below mine lived the (Dutch) Airbus representative to Air China, who used to call on me a couple of times a week at least to rant, over a Heineken, about Air China's absurdly excessive fuel reserves... ] In China, with Chinese ATC and Chinese bureaucracy and total inflexibility, you only have too much fuel if you're on fire. :ok: |
Inbound heavy traffic from the Far East to Heathrow diverting to Amsterdam for fuel is not new. Can't understand all the excitement!
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So, let me just make sure I've got this right. An aircraft crew following what appear to be normal and safe procedures is now headline news in that excuse for a newspaper?
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I think the news is normal safe and China in one sentence
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