I hadn't seen any mention of this but I'll take your word for it. I
certainly don't consider it an emergency when I land with required reserves.

Mike
MU-2


"Julian Scarfe" wrote in message
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"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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Why was it a low fuel emergency? There doesn't seem to be any evidence
that there was an emergency of any kind.

My understanding from witness accounts posted elsewhere and from press
coverage is that a Mayday was declared before the landing at Manchester,
though the fuel on landing was in fact greater than final reserve fuel.

Note that the UK does not not recoginize a "fuel emergency" as a separate
issue -- it's either Mayday (distress) or Pan (urgency).

Julian