Westjet B737 at New York on Feb 18th 2020, less than required minimum fuel on board

Last Update: March 10, 2020 / 22:00:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 18, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Westjet Airlines

Flight number
WS-1210

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
C-GWSH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Westjet Boeing 737-700, registration C-GWSH performing flight WS-1210 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to New York La Guardia,NY (USA), needed to hold at La Guardia due to weather. When the aircraft was finally on final approach, tower instructed a go around due to loss of spacing to the slower preceding traffic on the approach. The crew declared emergency due to being low on fuel and diverted to their alternate New York Stewart,NY (USA) for a safe landing.

The Canadian TSB reported the aircraft "experienced longer than anticipated holds into KLGA due to weather. Once on final, ATC instructed WestJet 1210 to go around due to loss of spacing to the slower traffic ahead on the approach. At that point, fuel on board was less than required minimum."

Metars La Guardia:
KLGA 190051Z 36004KT 1/2SM BR OVC002 05/04 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1 1/2 SLP160 T00500044=
KLGA 182351Z 04007KT 1/2SM BR OVC002 04/03 A3001 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 1 1/2 SLP163 T00440033 10067 20044 56018=
KLGA 182313Z 04008KT 1SM BR OVC002 04/03 A3000 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 T00440033=
KLGA 182251Z 04010KT 1SM BR OVC003 04/03 A3002 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 SLP164 T00440028=
KLGA 182151Z 05014KT 1SM BR OVC003 05/03 A3002 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 SLP166 T00500033=
KLGA 182138Z 04013KT 1SM BR OVC003 04/03 A3003 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 2 T00440028=
KLGA 182109Z 04010KT 2SM BR BKN004 OVC009 06/03 A3005 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 T00560033=
KLGA 182101Z 04010KT 2SM BR OVC007 05/03 A3006 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 4 CIG 004V010 T00500028=
KLGA 182051Z 03009KT 5SM BR BKN009 OVC011 04/02 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP181 T00440022 56034=
KLGA 181951Z 04010KT 10SM OVC013 05/02 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP188 T00500022=
KLGA 181932Z 04010KT 10SM OVC014 05/02 A3009 RMK AO2 T00500022=
KLGA 181851Z 05011KT 10SM OVC016 05/02 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP200 T00500022=

Metars Stewart:
KSWF 190145Z 00000KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC005 02/02 A2999=
KSWF 190045Z 00000KT 3SM BR OVC005 02/02 A3000=
KSWF 182345Z 00000KT 3SM -DZ BR OVC005 02/02 A3000=
KSWF 182245Z VRB05KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR OVC006 03/03 A3003=
KSWF 182145Z 12006KT 4SM -DZ BR OVC008 04/04 A3003=
KSWF 182045Z 12006KT 4SM -DZ BR OVC010 05/04 A3006=
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
C-GWSH
Country of Registration
Canada
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
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Aircraft Model / Type
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ICAO Aircraft Type
B737
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Serial Number
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Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
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Aircraft registration data reproduced and distributed with the permission of the Government of Canada.

Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 18, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Westjet Airlines

Flight number
WS-1210

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
New York La Guardia, United States

Aircraft Registration
C-GWSH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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