It will be interesting to know....
1) At what altitude the Boeing low fuel drill was actioned on BA038 and if the flaps were ever retracted to 20degrees.
2) What investigation checks were made of the centre tank contents after two water in centre tank fuel messages were generated.
3) If BA B777 min fuel policy often causes crews to action the Boeing min fuel drill on arrival prior to landing... thus causing all engines to feed initially from
only the fuel/contaminates/dregs remaining in one tank.
4.) Seems you need to save a lot of fuel by your min fuel policy to equal the cost of a total B777 W/O.
5.) Next time over London maybe...would be more costly.
6.) Fuel loads should be increased to totally avoid the SOP use of the low fuel state drill as it has been proven both engines will quit if run off a common contaminated tank.
7) The low fuel state drill should be reclassified as an emergency recall drill
and its use now avoided as a SOP.
Last edited by scanscanscan; 13th Feb 2008 at 19:48.