The accident at the main distillation plant of the OMV refinery in Schwechat last Friday apparently affected the delivery of kerosene to aircraft at Vienna airport. At least that is what a message that air traffic control distributed on Thursday via NOTAM, an internal communication system for pilots.
“Due to a mechanical incident at the OMV refinery, the supply of Jet A-1 (the jet fuel kerosene, ed.) is very limited. To minimize the impact on flight operations, all aircraft operators are asked to refuel as much as possible. avoid,” the message read (see below).
If refueling cannot be avoided for operational reasons, there should be as much fuel as possible on board the aircraft upon arrival. In addition, refueling stops should be avoided as much as possible, as advised by air traffic control in the NOTAM message.
Distillation installation out of operation for a longer period of time
At the request of krone.at, OMV Group spokesman Andreas Rinhofer confirmed that there were indeed bottlenecks in kerosene (aviation fuel) as a result of the accident at the refinery. The business partner Vienna Airport was therefore informed on Thursday “as a precaution”. Air traffic control then published the NOTAM message.
According to OMV, last week’s accident will partially postpone the commissioning of the main distillation plant, which has been on maintenance shutdown since April 19. According to Rinhofer, it is not yet possible to say when the factory will return to operation.
In the interest of security of supply and to bridge lengthy maintenance work, Austria has released part of its fuel reserves.
Source: Krone
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