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Originally Posted by Will Tidmarsh
That's correct, Speedy, we regularly run up against fuel temperature limits on the SYD-JNB route, depending on just how far south we fly. The B744 operations manual requires us to maintain a fuel temperature at least 3 degrees above the applicable fuel freeze point, and at -37C (3C above the -40C freeze point of Jet-A), an EICAS advisory 'FUEL TEMP LOW' is displayed.
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thanks for the info, will this be a factor for the SYD-EZE sector starting next month? how far sound would that flight track?