Pilot Refuses to Declare Emergency / Avianca Flight 52 Runs Out of Fuel
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Air Traffic Control - What's Happening to Flight 52?
Flight 52 was clear to j f k at a heading of zero four, zero degrees and a speed of a hundred 80 knots. The crew began discussing procedures for a go around with a thousand pounds of fuel in any tank. They don't want it all sloshing to the back and then not getting fed to the engines. That's how low on fuel they are. It's like one person tells one person, who tells another person, like and like, informations getting lost every step of the way.
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