Originally Posted by
jivusajob
I've read the full report (unlike the media, I fear). It is very factual and I believe balanced and reasonable. What the media will not pick up on/report is that the sheriff concluded that the fuel gauges were misreading. He sated this several times. He also said he believed Dave ignored the red captions because the information he was getting from the CAD (no yellow caption) and the indicated fuel contents contradicted what the red captions were saying. I always believed this to be the case and I'm glad the sheriff concluded this from the evidence. What is unpalatable to us but is factually correct is as the sheriff stated (and this is the only thing the press will pick up) if both transfer pumps had not been switched off and the red captions ignored then this accident would not have happened. Thats the fact. The why we will never know.
I agree it is a well considered and well written report. I haven’t finished reading it yet but I’m not sure you are right when you say the fuel gauges were misreading. I suspect they accurately reflected the fuel remaining in the main tank - it’s just that this fuel was not available to the engines. Misleading maybe, but not misreading. But I suppose I’d better finish reading it before I argue too much!
Edit - ah yes I see he is proposing that there was a fuel indication problem, although the primary reason for that conclusion is that it would be incomprehensible for DT to have ignored not only the amber fuel captions but also the red ones. To ignore red ones on their own is certainly more understandable. That said, he seems to have ignored the transfer pump lights.