4% av CO's 757-flighter kan ikke nå over Atlanteren uten fuelstopp
4% af CO's 757-flyvninger fra Europa til EWR måtte ned og tanke. Helt nøjagtigt måtte 43 af 1100 flyvninger i december ned og få ekstra juice i tankene. Årsagen er, at modvinden har været stærkere i december end nogen sinde før:
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4% af CO's 757-flyvninger fra Europa til EWR måtte ned og tanke. Helt nøjagtigt måtte 43 af 1100 flyvninger i december ned og få ekstra juice i tankene. Årsagen er, at modvinden har været stærkere i december end nogen sinde før:
wsj.com said:Nonstop Flights Stop for Fuel
Dozens of Continental Airlines flights to the East Coast from Europe have been forced to make unexpected stops in Canada and elsewhere to take on fuel after running into unusually strong headwinds over the Atlantic Ocean.
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But by pushing its international Boeing Co. 757s to nearly the limit of their roughly 4,000-nautical-mile range, United is leaving little room for error when stiff winds increase the amount of fuel the planes' twin engines burn.
Last month, United said, its 169-seat 757s had to stop 43 times to refuel out of nearly 1,100 flights headed to the U.S. A year earlier, there were only 12 unscheduled stops on roughly the same volume of 757 flights.
Such stops are safer than eating into the minimum amount of reserve fuel pilots are required to keep on board, which guarantees that a plane can fly 45 minutes past its destination or alternate landing spot.
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