British Airways Boeing 777 Crash Update
February 18th, 2008
Further to the crash landing at London Heathrow Airport of a British Airways Boeing 777-200ER, the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch has today released new information on the cause of the incident.
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1. Aerospace Safety & Security | February 22nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
With the latest news update from the investigators, fuel exhaustion becomes the most likely cause for this event.
Cavitating fuel pumps or damage from other particles normally
is an indication of low fuel state. Considering that both engines
developed the same problem also perhaps indicate that only
one tank was the fuel source. Hard if not impossible to think
of fuel pumps having problems at the same time on both
sides of the aircraft. While investigators have indicated that
considerable fuel leaked to the ground after the crash, it
has to be considered just as an estimate. While we may not
ever learn the truth, it appears to be just plain running out of
fuel.
2. johnny stick | February 24th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
One thought comes to mind, how does fuel flow vary due to temperature? Will extremely cold fuel lead to a higher flow rate and hence higher consumption during cruise?
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