Mayday: Emirates Boeing 777 Pilots Declare Fuel Emergency In Miami - Emirates

Mayday: Emirates Boeing 777 Pilots Declare Fuel Emergency In Miami

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:53:34 +0000

Fuel planning is an important part of the job that dispatchers and pilots perform before a flight can depart. It’s not just about having enough fuel to get to the destination, but also about having reserves if there’s bad weather enroute, if a diversion is needed, etc.

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sosongblue — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:33:29 +0000

Wrong reply! When they overflew MCO they had their final reserve, plus alt fuel, plus a few tons extra/contingency…… there would be nothing out of the ordinary at that point in time

Dan77W — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:29:35 +0000

The 10/11pm arrival bank and 01/02am departure bank is the busiest of DXB. 80% of EK DXB pax are connecting. If you are traveling between Miami and Bangladesh or Perth and Warsaw what do you care what time it is when your connection time is as long as it’s only 1-3 hrs total.

Dan77W — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:24:16 +0000

Dan77W — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:16:52 +0000

Final Reserve at EK is referring to 30 minutes, just a different nomenclature.

Dan77W — Wed, 20 May 2026 02:10:54 +0000

Final Rsv Fuel at EK is 30 minutes

FlyerDon — Tue, 19 May 2026 05:35:03 +0000

You have used the term “final reserve fuel” at least twice in your comments. Maybe you could explain what that is. I don’t know if Emirates operates under rules similar to FAR 121 flight rules, but airlines that do, must carry 30 minutes of fuel, plus ten percent of their “enroute burn”, as reserve fuel. A point to remember about reserve fuel is you are required to be released with it but you are not required to land with it.

FlyerDon — Tue, 19 May 2026 05:12:54 +0000

The crew was going to be out of duty time wherever they landed. They’re weren’t going to let some springtime TRWs keep them from landing in MIA.

Ross — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:31:57 +0000

So obviously, they're boarding an hour early to clear out the lounge and make room for others. I wonder how many flights leave so early, to save lounge expenses?

CapitalMike — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:33:57 +0000

Sure, but you wrote mid to high thirties, which is 10 degrees more than what it was in the night of flight departure.