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So as they came up the east coast, they began to be issued holding instructions, and they held for three different times. >> the delays total 77 minutes. around 8:20 p.m., they have only a little more than 14,000 pounds of fuel left, enough for another hour or so in the air. >> during those holding patterns, that's when the flight engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> avianca 052 heavy, i'm going to bring you to the northeast, is that fine with your fuel? >> i guess so. thank you very much. >> they inquired with air traffic controllers how much longer it would be, t...

Crew didn't effectively manage fuel or convey how low fuel levels were. >> when we talked to the controllers today, none of them were aware of the priority concern and the fuel concern. >> the crash of avianca flight 52, despite advances in aviation technology, clear communication from the cockpit to air traffic control is key to a safe flight. >> it reinforced an on-going issue we faced worldwide in aviation, to make sure that there is not only the transmission of a word but that there is a transmission of understanding, there's a comprehension. >> i think that our crew should have been more ...