The captains usually carry some company checks for emergencies like that because they usually have to pay a landing fee and associated charges to the airport they land at (depends on the airport and their generosity), fuel, catering sometimes, etc. Jose Prize Fan of seeing oddballs divert into MIA In a message dated 5/21/2003 10:12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, damiross2@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Subj:Re: Hypotical situation a forgein carrier/medical emergency > Date:5/21/2003 10:12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:damiross2@xxxxxxxxx";>damiross2@xxxxxxxxx</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx";>AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Here's my guess about what could happen for the aircraft to get refueled: > 1 - the airline wires the money to the fuel handler at ORD > 2 - It's possible that the company handling the fuel at ORD may be the same > company that is at DFW so they would just add the ORD fuel to the airline's > bill > 3 - The captain would pass around a hat to collect money from the pax to pay > for the fuel (don't laugh - it has happen, though not at a major airport > like ORD) > > David R. > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://www.secure-skies.org/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Panitz" <mpanitz@xxxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 6:45 PM > Subject: [AIRLINE] Hypotical situation a forgein carrier/medical emergency > > > > here is an hypotical situation > > lets say a forgein carrier flying from DFW to London > > and they have a medical emergency around Chicago > > to make an emergency landing at ORD they have to > > dump fuel, but this particular airline doesn't not any facilities > > at ORD,. > > my question is after the emergency is over, the plane will > > need fuel so they can continue the flight to London > > how can airline get the fuel for the aircraft? > > (I would assume the local fueler would bill that airline) >