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Old 25th Sep 2006, 01:29
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Brian Abraham
 
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From the CAA response

In the latter stages of the flight the crew encountered difficulties in balancing the fuel quantities in the four main tanks. They became concerned that the contents of one tank might be unusable and declared an emergency in accordance with the operator’s procedures.
Reading all the threads its not clear (to me) why the crew thought they may have difficulties feeding from one tank. Anyone able to enlighten?
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