With regards the fuel feed system;
- Main Tanks to Engine....crossfeed available,, the aux if fitted and the float fuel will have to be pumped into the mains on the respective side to be of any use
The flying boat in this scenario was not fitted with FDR and ironically the CVR is reported to have not recorded anything.
Latest NTSB reports say cracks were found in the spar at the root of the wing!! Goodness,, seems like the cracks were so internal and critical to find that it probably would've needed dye tests to reveal them (once again, NTSB comments!!)
Anyone with more technical knowledge/information on these sort of spar inspections....?!?! especially for the one's that operate on the salt water for over 20k hrs ?! cycles may be around 1 per hour.
A Very Sad situation in the aviation History of flying boats in particular....
Smoothie....