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> there will be an incident investigation that treats the situation as serious as if the plane had crashed No the investigation isn’t as serious as if the plan
by kccqzy 1mo ago
> there will be an incident investigation that treats the situation as serious as if the plane had crashed
No the investigation isn’t as serious as if the plane had crashed. In July 2026 nine planes simultaneously had a fuel emergency in London. You bet it’s different from nine planes simultaneously crashing in London.
It helps to understand different kinds of fuel emergency. Declaring a fuel emergency to get to a diversion airport is very very different from having 30 minutes of fuel left.
- phire 1mo agoWell, obviously it's going to be a much easier investigation, especially when you can interview all the crew. But still very serious. 9 simultaneous fuel emergencies could have easily overwhelmed ATC and snowballed to worse issues. Something lead 10 different aircraft to make the exact same mistake and find themselves without enough fuel for a safe diversion. There will be recommendations to try and prevent it from happening again.