Originally Posted by gojo

Wrong how? Declaring either minimum fuel or emergency fuel would receive special handling from ATC and therefore should be followed up with a report. Why deliberately put yourself in that situation. Sometimes the safest thing to do is go to somewhere else and wait it out. Granted they made tough decisions and landed safely, but what good is having a plan B or C (alternates) if you're you're not going to use them when you can't get into your destination?