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The only thing I could think of, and ive heard the tapes, is that the controller thought he was declaring Min Fuel, which is a lot different than a fuel emergency. If you declare Min Fuel, we dont have to give you direct routing etc. It just means that you cannot accept any undue delay. Thats the only thing that would makes sense at least to me.
Yea, the pilot said he wanted to declare a fuel emergency, but i think the controller misunderstood him, or didnt hear him, coulda been on the phone with someone else