# Incident 20070825830759I: Newark, NJ, August 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2007, 07:43 local time
- Place: Newark, NJ
- Airport: Newark Liberty International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- 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)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070825830759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRELIMINARY AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT STATES THAI AIRWAYS FLIGHT 790 LANDED AT ALTERNATE AIRPORT EWR AFTER REPORTING A FUEL EMERGENCY. A REVIEW OF THE ATC COMMUNICATIONS TAPES REVEALS THAI AIRWAYS REPORTED "MINIMUM FUEL." TAPES FURTHER REVEAL THAT WHEN ATC QUERIED PILOT ON FUEL REMAINING, PILOT REPORTED 3900 KILOS, OR ABOUT 8600 LBS. DURING ATC HANDOFF, THE FIRST CONTROLLER THEN TOLD THE RECEIVING CONTROLLER THAI 790 HAD 3900 LBS OF FUEL, OR ABOUT 60% LESS THAN THEY ACTUALLY HAD. A REVIEW OF THE DISPATCH RELEASE SHOWS ADEQUATE FUEL (332200 LBS) OF FUEL FOR THE PLANNED 17:31 HOUR FLIGHT BKK-JFK. EXTENSIVE FOG EXISTED FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS PRIOR TO THAI 790 ARRIVAL IN THE NYC METRO AREA, AND RESULTED IN NUMEROUS HOLDING DELAYS FOR ALL INBOUND AIRCRAFT. THAI 790 LANDED WITH APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES FUEL REMAINING. ALL DATA THAT WAS REVIEWED INDICATES THIS WAS A MINIMUM FUEL ADVISORY AS REPORTED BY THE CREW, NOT A FUEL EMERGENCY AS REPORTED BY ATC.

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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