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Old 5th October 2018, 07:27 AM
Rowan McKeever Rowan McKeever is offline
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Originally Posted by Philip Argy View Post
That's why I'm highlighting the "immediate assistance required" element of the conditions that need to exist before calling a MAYDAY.


And they were immediately assisted - they were offered a diversion to YWLM, they were then offered a crosswind runway in the middle of the morning peak, and they were offered track shortening. ATC then kept everything else out of the way so’s not to hold UA up at all. As it turns out, if their reserves were 30 mins, one or two then race tracks would’ve put them below reserves.

To explain further my earlier post, I am suggesting the UA crew went straight to mayday to make ATC aware that, with a SIGMET in play at YMML, their only options (from their failed flightplan) were YSSY or a diversion.
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