Originally Posted by
precept
Thanks for the link, to quote the AD:
The investigation determined that over a long period of low power
fuel flows and low fuel temperatures associated with cruise flight, ice
can accumulate in the main tank fuel feed system and then release as a
result of increased fuel flow when high thrust is commanded.
Hmmm. Is it me, or does that imply a far greater degree of certainty as to the mechanism than the latest AAIB report did ? I read the AAIB report as saying that this was one icing scenario (of two), that they couldn't reproduce it yet, but it was likely to have happened as it is the only hypothesis they haven't disproved.
