FUEL EMER DECLARED.
Synopsis
FUEL EMER DECLARED.
Narrative
WENT MISSED APCH AT NAGOYA DUE TO LOW CEILINGS. APCH FLOWN VOR A. RPTED WX 1500 FT SCATTERED 3000 FT BROKEN; ACTUAL CEILING 600 FT. REQUESTED DIRECT OSAKA TO DIVERT. GIVEN A CIRCUITOUS RTE THAT WAS ABOUT 125 MI OUT OF THE WAY. FUEL AT MISSED APCH WAS 21000 LBS. FUEL DIRECT OSAKA PLANNED BURN 11700 LBS. DECLARED A FUEL EMER IN ORDER TO GET PRIORITY DIRECT TO OSAKA; LNDG FUEL 9500 LBS. DIVERT FUEL WAS PLANNED FOR DIRECT OSAKA. ATC DOES NOT APPROVE DIRECT OSAKA. DIVERT FUEL PLAN SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE STANDARD PROFILE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 309744: WHEN ARRIVING OVER OUR MISSED APCH POINT AT 1000 FT AND NO RWY IN SIGHT WE EXECUTED A MISSED APCH. WE REQUESTED A RWY 34 ILS AND WERE DENIED. COM WITH THE JAPANESE CTLRS BECAME A PROB. WE LOADED MORE FUEL AT RJBB AND ARRANGED FOR AN ILS RWY 34 APCH AT RJNN AND THEN MADE IT TO OUR ORIGINAL DEST. RJNN DOES NOT HAVE AN ILS FOR RWY 16; ONLY VOR; ASR OR PAR. MY AIRLINE HAS NOT ELECTED TO TRAIN THE DC10 CREW'S FOR PAR. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR FROM ACN #309744 REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR FLIES THE DC-10-40 FOR A MAJOR UNITED STATES ACR. SINCE THIS INCIDENT; HE HAS BEEN NAMED A CHK AIRMAN ON THE DC-10 AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT HIS ACR'S ALTERNATE FUEL PLANNING IN THE JAPANESE AIRSPACE TO REFLECT THE ACTUAL ROUTINGS THAT CREWS CAN RECEIVE WHEN GOING TO THEIR ALTERNATES. HE BELIEVES THAT CREWS MUST BE VERY FORCEFUL TO GET THEIR DESIRES UNDERSTOOD IN JAPANESE AIRSPACE. HE BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A LANGUAGE PROB AND CULTURE PROB THAT IS HARD TO OVERCOME.
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