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Pilots warned to avoid flying on empty
Pilots have been warned to take more care with how much fuel they carry after a number of incidents in which planes nearly ran out. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) says too many planes have been running out of fuel or switching to the wrong fuel tank during flights. (www.abc.net.au) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Wow what a deal to think that a pilot would not have enough fuel on board and try to fly just like the Piper that was towing a banner and crashed in the US a few days ago. Four gallons total in that one. Oh well am sure that it will help those out who dont watch there fuel.LOL
I Agree
I'm simply amazed that pilots still need to be reminded of this. People always ask me why I still use a checklist. Bingo! Right here. Fuel exhaustion is so easily preventable.
check list isgreat and if i was a pilot i would do my best i would have enough fuel to make it to my final destination with enough left over in case i had to divert around storms or have to make another pass to land and even make sure there was till enough fuel onboarrd to make it to the gate with 20 gallons to spare
That's what we are supposed to do, have enough fuel to make it to the destination and an alternate, and have enough fuel to be able to fly an additional 30 minutes, or 45 minutes depending on whether we are VFR or IFR. Note however, that 20 gallons would get me a couple hundred miles in a Piper Cherokee, but if I were flying an airliner, 20 gallons is next to nothing, and pulling up to the gate with only 20 gallons of gas left in my Boeing 747 would probably result in "disciplinary action", to say the least. At that point, evidently, the tanks are 0.03% full.
lmao
Not a new problem given Canada's record of having two heavy gliders...Air Canada 767 that landed at an old RCAF base when it ran out of fuel over Manitoba because fueled in liters instead of gallons and a Transat A-330 that glided into the Azores with a leak from one fuel line that bled their fuel when they tried to transfer to the nearly empty tank. Both good outcomes from pilot skills.