How to divert for emergency landing

[red259 31]

I was running low on fuel and I decided to declare an emergency and vox assigned me an airport then failed. I could not figure out how to reprogram the fmc with the new airport I wanted to land at. I was able to select an alternate destination, but could not replace my original destination with the new one. How can you change the destination in the fmc once your in midflight?

[Lek767 37]

How can you change the destination in the fmc once your in midflight?

 

 

By reading the thread on the exact same subject right here on the first page of this forum:

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/415526-how-you-manage-an-emergency-landing-with-your-fmc/

[kevinh 409]

That thread is rather confused, the answer is not clear. The simple answer is to open RTE page 1, enter the departure airport again which will then allow you to enter the alternate as your new destination.

[Lek767 37]

The simple answer is to open RTE page 1, enter the departure airport again which will then allow you to enter the alternate as your new destination.

 

 

Well, actually all you need to do on that page is enter the new destination airport using the 1R LSK; there's no need to re-enter the departure airport. But, thanks for the feedback anyway.

[pete_auau 1,163]

All of the above will work  but if the op wants to read up on it  he  can find it  in fcom2   11.43.31