3 Ryanair Flights Make Emergency Landings for Low Fuel

The cost of carrying extra fuel is a LOT less than the cost of a divert - both in money and time. Think what a divert does to the schedule for THAT particular aircraft and crew - everything is thrown off for the rest of their day. And if the crew happens to run out of duty time at their divert location, it gets even worse for everyone involved!

Flight plan + 100 gallons (give or take). That really makes me re-think flying on Ryanair, something I do quite a bit.

Darn....what happened to safety first?

I remember one time I was working a Fuel Qty MEL (Mechanic). Dispatch sent us the plane with "Min Fuel"... As usual before sumping and draining the fuel tank, I would stick it to see where it is at. On this one, I could not do it, but I had done it a million times. I had my lead to look at it, and same thing. He said, there is not enough fuel to stick it. This is a Dash 8-100.... Glad it didn't have a Go Around. I think someone made a severe error in calculating fuel. That is less than 35 lbs of fuel.

Quick question: Does airports charge the airline a landing fee for fuel stops like this when no passengers disembark?

yikes!

3 flights ?? of same A/L ??

ryanair needs to re-check their policy

Really, nothing unusual happened here. The crews chose to not make an approach during a thunderstorm. They held for awhile then diverted for fuel.No big deal. It happens every day. If you think every airliner is landing with hours of fuel left in the tanks, think again.