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Old 14th September 2008 | 11:42
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Airbus narrow body OEB Bulletin 808/1 (Subject: FQI Accuracy) gives a good explanation of what may be happening. To summarise:

FQI accuracy is +/- 1% of max tank capacity or of actual fuel quantity
Bowser quantity (volume tolerance +/- 0.50%) & density error (+/- 0.25%) accuracies are 0.75% combined
APU burn on a 30 minute turn approx 30 kgs
FU indication accuracy (which is an integration of FF) is +/- 1.5%

Both on-ground and in-flight discrepancies are generally due to FQI errors on Block Fuel.

Notice the maximum Bowser error of 0.75% is potentially significant and if combined with the other inherent errors may offer an explanation.

Hope this helps.
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