Originally Posted by LEM
Just watched the Tv: there still was enough fuel to reach Palermo on the Tuninter which ditched last year...
The fuel gauges did show, that they had sufficient fuel, however the tanks were empty. The reason: the wrong fuel gauges were mounted in that airplane (for the ATR-42 instead of the ATR-72, which were calibrated for a different mechanical tank design).
You may read more about this incident in the original thread at:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=189195
Also, you can read the safety recommendations released by Italian Authorities and affirmed by European Authorities at:
http://www.ansv.it/En/Index.asp
A factual or final report has not been released yet.
Servus, Simon