"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Here's food for thought. The pilot chose to press on on three
engines, and then had to land for refueling ~100 miles short of his
transatlantic destination.


Well he had 3 working engines, probably no where near gross, pilot did
contact BA head office and got the go ahead to continue, landed to refuel
due to unfavorable and unanticipated winds aloft...yada, yada, yada!!!!

I'd say that pilot had less to worry about than the fools on Air Transat
Flt..?? that ran out of fuel on it's way to Spain. Now the fuel problem was
due to improper maintenance (or rather a improper maintenance department
head) but it would seem to me that when you have a higher than normal fuel
consumption from one tank you shouldn't cross-feed fuel from the full tank
to the empty one untill the aircraft is out of fuel and in the middle of the
Atlantic Ocean.

Anyway it all came out to a happy ending when Air Transat glided into the
Asores Islands. Except pilots were cited for not following proper
procedures, and the maintenance supervisor was dissaplined for authorizing
the installation of a fuel pump (I think) after it was brought to his
attention that this part was for a different jet engine!