Pilot Refuses to Declare Emergency / Avianca Flight 52 Runs Out of Fuel
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The Flight Crew Was Not Provided With the Most Current Weather Forecast
The flight crew did not adequately communicate its increasingly critical fuel situation to the controllers who handled the flight. The first officer incorrectly assumed that his request for priority handling by air traffic control had been understood as a request for emergency handling. There's no record that while on route, the flight crew requested updated weather information from any source regarding the destination or alternate airport.
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