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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...

It soon becomes one. >> in new york, the weather was bad. 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 pm, they only have 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 flighç engineer should have made sure that the fuel levels were fine. >> avianca 0 52 heavy. i'm going to bring you 15 miles northeast and then turn you back to the approach. >> i guess i -- >> they inquired with air ...

Coast, as they began to be issued holding instructions. and they held for three different times. >> the delays totaled 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. >> they inquired with air traffic controllers about how much longer it was going to be. they were complaining about their fuel levels. air traffic control asked where their alternate was, which was for bostonment but the first o...

♪ ♪ >> january 25, 1990, when avianca flight 52 leaves medell medellin, colombia, they have enough fuel for their trip to new york. >> they had approximately 81,000 pounds of fuel on the plane when they departed. they had done the calculations for the flight plan, the amount of fuel they would burn going to new york. a reserved some holding fuel and then also enough fuel to go to boston and land. >> with more than enough fuel, that shouldn't be a problem, but it soon becomes one. >> in new york, the weather was bad so as they came up the east coast they began to begin issuing holding instr...