Captain104, sorry to have touched a nerve of yours. The crew did a fantastic job of salvaging a desperate situation. I do not know the systems of the 330, or any airbus, but ......something did happen. . .If your A.T. friends are so kind as to not mention what they know, then maybe they do not know at all. I for one cannot and will not devulge what has been explained to me by an Air Transat person. It maybe be a lie or wrong, but the result is the same. They lost MANY tons (I was told 15!) of fuel in about 15 minutes. Funny how a "fuel imbalance" warning and "transfer" will correct this situation? Airbus, the engine manufacturer and MOT are all involved with what happened. Thank god they were given a southern track for the crossing. That's what saved them!. .The rest of us can learn from this and become a little more humble!!
Oh I forgot to mention one thing to defend the crew, they were not the the ones that created the initial problem. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">
[ 06 February 2002: Message edited by: alapt ]
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