Ieri mattina e pomeriggio c'era un vento piuttosto importante in zona: il ciccione di EK a lgw ha riattaccato 2 volte e poi ha dichiarato mayday fuel...
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Fonte: AV HIncident: Emirates A388 at London and Manchester on Feb 8th 2019, fuel emergency
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Feb 15th 2019 18:33Z, last updated Friday, Feb 15th 2019 18:33Z
An Emirates Airbus A380-800, registration A6-EDL performing flight EK-15 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to London Gatwick,EN (UK), was on final approach to Gatwick's runway 26L at 11:56L (11:56Z) when the crew initiated a go around at about 1300 feet MSL due to weather. The aircraft entered a hold for about 20 minutes, then decided to divert to Manchester,EN (UK) and declared emergency due to low fuel. The aircraft landed safely on Manchester's runway 23R about 65 minutes after the go around.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Manchester for 27 hours, then continued flight EK-15 to Gatwick reaching Gatwick with a delay of about 28.5 hours.
On Feb 15th 2019 the UK AAIB reported the occurrence was rated a serious incident (editorial note: signifying the aircraft landed with less than the required fuel reserve), an investigation was opened. The AAIB wrote: "During diversion to AD Manchester / Int'l for meteorological conditions, crew declared a fuel emergency MAYDAY."