Snanchecki:
"How did you conclude the "....right tank interfered with..." bit?"
The left engine ran up longer.
I concur about the fine airmanship.
Someone suggested that fuel would be sucked up by the burners without any pumping. In a fan jet, isn't the air pressure at the burners higher than that in the tanks?
Of course I don;t know any more about it than what I read in PPruNe!