Almasria A321 at Cairo on Jan 23rd 2013, military exercise results in fuel emergency
Last Update: January 24, 2013 / 14:49:17 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 23, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Almasria Universal
Flight number
UJ-107
Departure
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-TCC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
A number of aircraft had already diverted to Alexandria (Egypt) at that time. The crew of another aircraft, having their estimate just pushed from 11:01Z to 11:11Z, complained "at 11:01Z our fuel was already critical and now you delay us again by 10 minutes? Come on, this is aviation, guys!" The aircraft eventually touched down in Cairo at 11:11Z. Yet another aircraft requested diversion to Alexandria after hearing UJ-107 had declared emergency, the request to divert went without reply, the crew repeated their request, no reply, after a third request to divert ATC acknowledged and provided vectors to Alexandria where the aircraft landed safely. That aircraft finally reached Cairo with a delay of 2:45 hours.
Relevant NOTAM:
W0015/13 - MIL EXER WI A CIRCLE CENTERED AT PSN 300500N0312106E RADIUS 25NM, TFC TO/FM HECA AP AFFECTED. GND - 1500FT, 23 JAN 10:15 2013 UNTIL 23 JAN 10:30 2013. CREATED: 22 JAN 17:37 2013
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 23, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Almasria Universal
Flight number
UJ-107
Departure
Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
Destination
Cairo, Egypt
Aircraft Registration
SU-TCC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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