# Incident 20070825829649I: Airbus A340*, Newark, NJ, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007, 07:54 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SOFF
- Location: 40.6925° N, 74.1687° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (EWR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6925&lon=-74.1687&mi=10
- Aircraft: UNKNOWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A340*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825829649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) SAA 203 DIVERTED FROM INTENDED DESTINATION OF JFK FOR PLANNED ALTERNATE PHL. ENROUTE TO PHL SAA 203 ADVISED ATC OF MINIMUM FUEL WITH 6700 KILOS OF FUEL (14,700 LBS). ONE MINUTE AFTER ADVISING MINIMUM FUEL, ATC ADVISED THE FLIGHT THAT PHL WAS NOW CLOSED, AND THAT ALTHOUGH JFK WAS NOW OPEN, THE ILS WAS OUT OF SERVICE. AT THIS POINT, THE CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, AND WAS VECTORED FOR THE ILS 22 AT EWR, WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING OCCURRED WITH ABOUT 40 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING. THE FLIGHT RELEASE PROVIDED BY SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS SHOWS ADEQUATE FUEL FOR THE PLANNED FLIGHT, HOLDING, ALTERNATE AND RESERVES. AT 213 MILES FROM JFK, 11,800 KILOS (25960 LBS) OF FUEL REMAINED, WITH 2700 KILOS (5940 LBS) FUEL REQUIRED. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT EWR WITH 5750 KILOS (12,650 LBS) OF FUEL REMAINING.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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