{"id":23237,"date":"2022-07-21T13:10:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T07:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=23237"},"modified":"2022-07-21T13:13:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T07:43:45","slug":"qantas-passenger-jet-was-forced-to-announce-a-mayday-on-a-transcontinental-flight-after-running-low-on-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/21\/qantas-passenger-jet-was-forced-to-announce-a-mayday-on-a-transcontinental-flight-after-running-low-on-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Qantas passenger jet was forced to announce a \u201cmayday\u201d on a transcontinental flight after running low on fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Qantas Boeing 737-800 inbound to Perth (PER) on Monday, July 18, announced a mayday after running low on fuel. The jet was in the last stages of a nearly six-hour flight across from Brisbane (BNE) when Perth air traffic controllers put the aircraft into an extended holding time. But with fuel onboard already running low, the pilots made the unusual call of a fuel mayday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident concerns flight QF933 worked by VH-VZO, an 11-year-old Boeing 737-800. Those narrowbody planes are the workhorses of Qantas’ domestic network, crisscrossing Australia<\/a>, and rarely causing an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority<\/a> (CASA) requires flights to take off with fuel reserves of at least 30 minutes beyond the planned flying period. On Monday morning, while still at Brisbane Airport, the pilots were recommended to expect a ten-minute delay outside Perth, so they ordered an extra 10 minutes worth of fuel being pumped into the tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight tracking data has VH-VZO departing at 06:52 and tracking down towards the north of Adelaide before proceeding out over the Bight towards Perth. Towards the end of the flight, back over land and roughly north of Ravensthorpe, the plane banked sharply to the right to start a big parabolic-shaped hold. The pilots stayed in that hold for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sydney Morning Herald broke the story, and according to that report, the pilots risked landing without the legal minimum of fuel reserves if they didn’t declare a fuel mayday. That call let the Qantas Boeing skip ahead of four other planes waiting to land at Perth. The newspaper says the jet flew into Perth ATC airspace with 20 minutes’ worth of extra fuel beyond the required minimum reserved, but after holding and burning fuel, Perth ATC said the pilots the hold time was out to 16 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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