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Old 18th Feb 2008, 21:00
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Originally Posted by zukini
They have just said "Damage to the fuel pumps caused the crash"

I'm certain I read in the report that the pumps would not stop working in this condition.
You're right - report said they were assessed as: "still being capable of delivering full fuel flow".

I was wrong though - I was sure we were going to hear that the cause was the crew pulling the fire handle & engine cutoffs in the wrong order, with the AAIB issuing a safety recommendation to stop it happening again.

[followed by, for the particularly on-the-ball reporter, a retrospective of Kegworth, which will turn out to be "eerily similar" because of the words "fire handle" "engine" and "boeing"... ]
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