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Originally Posted by Soupdragon
The plane than ran out of fuel was an airbus, mechanics had fitted a new engine but used an incorrect bracket in the wing which allowed the fuel pipe to rub on another component and chaff through. The pilot got an fuel imbalance warning as fuel leaked from the wing so operated the fuel crossflow pump to correct this and basically left it open until all the fuel had leaked out. Mind boggling really really would have thought they would realise they had a leak and stopped the fuel transfer. I believe they thought they had a computer problem and disregarded all the warnings.
Please don't recount too much of what you have seen behind the scenes with regards to mistakes being made. I love to fly and would like to keep it that way. 5555555
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Yes, I recall that incident as well. I think the Airbus crew landed in the Azore's, under emergency.
The Air Canada B767 occurred a long time ago, and if memory serves...they "glided" into an abandoned military field somewhere near Montreal.
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