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Avianca
052 was on a regularly scheduled flight from Bogotá to New York's Kennedy
Airport. Approaching New York, the aircraft was put in a series of extended
holding patterns. Bad weather at Kennedy airport had caused many delays in take
offs and landings and many aircraft were diverted to another airports or put on
holding before cleared to land. After holding for 77 minutes, Avianca 052
informed ATC that they were running out of fuel and had only 5 minutes of fuel
remaining. The flight was then cleared for approach and landing but, on short
final, they encountered wind shear and the crew decided to discontinue the
approach and proceed to the holding point for another approach.
During
go-around, the plane ran out of fuel, all engines shut down and the aircraft
crashed in a wooded area. Due to the lack of fuel, the aircraft did not burst
into flames on impact, and this circumstance probably saved the lives of 85
people. Seventy-three passengers and crew died.
Investigators
found that the captain spoke very poor English and had to communicate through
the first officer. Although the crew stated in several occasions that they
needed priority due to the fuel shortage, they never declared emergency.
Sample Questions:
Have you ever heard
about a plane landing short of fuel?
Do you think that poor
English is an important contributing factor in some accidents?
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