No, the aircraft would not have been fueled to full tanks or 52,000 pounds of fuel for a 2:45 hour flight. The 737-800 burns 5000 lbs per hour at most optimum flight level, best route, best burn for that segment and was probably fueled to about 26,500 lbs to allow for taxi, alternate airport, destination holding fuel and reserve. Trust me, it’s complicated and it was a complicated job and I did it for 24 years of my 34 year career. Licensed Flight Dispatcher plans that flight and Captain/Dispatcher share authority and responsibility. That flight had 2 missed approaches, then went to another airport with another missed approach due to turbulence and crosswinds. I don’t see how the Flight Dispatcher didn’t plan better for this flight based on weather/turbulence enroute. Crew would be aware of turbulence when reviewing their flight plan that has a weather report attached. Probably went into holding because other flights ahead were holding due to severe turbulence and crosswinds making any approach unstable. This alarmed me out of my chair, but I am overjoyed the crew landed safely. They barely had taxi fuel left in those tanks. 80 gallons equates to about 480 pounds. That was our taxi out fuel.
I have been watching plane crashes on YouTube and I have decided that I’m never flying again. Alot of the crashes were pilot error but alot were planes just coming apart. So I’m done.
Don’t watch plane crashes. Why upset yourself when you don’t have to. If you watched car crashes on You Tube, would you stop driving? Flying is the safest mode of transportation out there. I am a Pilot also and I have no fear of flying. I must say that I don’t like turbulence, but neither do flight crews. It’s to be expected with unstable air within 5 miles of thunderstorms. That is what Radar screens are for, to circumnavigate thunderstorms. There can even be clear air turbulence on perfectly clear blue bell flying days. It’s caused at times by temperature inversions and air masses moving at different speeds that you can’t see.
How does a plane almost run out of fuel from Italy to Scotland?? Did they not start out with full tanks? Very strange. Great job to the pilots.
No, the aircraft would not have been fueled to full tanks or 52,000 pounds of fuel for a 2:45 hour flight. The 737-800 burns 5000 lbs per hour at most optimum flight level, best route, best burn for that segment and was probably fueled to about 26,500 lbs to allow for taxi, alternate airport, destination holding fuel and reserve. Trust me, it’s complicated and it was a complicated job and I did it for 24 years of my 34 year career. Licensed Flight Dispatcher plans that flight and Captain/Dispatcher share authority and responsibility. That flight had 2 missed approaches, then went to another airport with another missed approach due to turbulence and crosswinds. I don’t see how the Flight Dispatcher didn’t plan better for this flight based on weather/turbulence enroute. Crew would be aware of turbulence when reviewing their flight plan that has a weather report attached. Probably went into holding because other flights ahead were holding due to severe turbulence and crosswinds making any approach unstable. This alarmed me out of my chair, but I am overjoyed the crew landed safely. They barely had taxi fuel left in those tanks. 80 gallons equates to about 480 pounds. That was our taxi out fuel.
I have been watching plane crashes on YouTube and I have decided that I’m never flying again. Alot of the crashes were pilot error but alot were planes just coming apart. So I’m done.
Don’t watch plane crashes. Why upset yourself when you don’t have to. If you watched car crashes on You Tube, would you stop driving? Flying is the safest mode of transportation out there. I am a Pilot also and I have no fear of flying. I must say that I don’t like turbulence, but neither do flight crews. It’s to be expected with unstable air within 5 miles of thunderstorms. That is what Radar screens are for, to circumnavigate thunderstorms. There can even be clear air turbulence on perfectly clear blue bell flying days. It’s caused at times by temperature inversions and air masses moving at different speeds that you can’t see.