Fascinating, helpful, and VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING.
Thank-you GFYA, very informative.
I would highlight SOME of your post, for others who have posted since - although it should be read as a whole :
".............. the Main Engine Fuel pump ........... may well have demonstrated evidence of bearing face cavitation upon strip, however on such pump designs there is no escaping cavitation .......... and from what information I have seen, the unit was in good health up until a short time before the incident.
............ The pump itself has a delivery capacity that far exceeds the requirements of the 95,000 lb thrust variant fitted ............. I can say with a high degree of confidence that even in the pump's post cavitation degraded state I can not imagine a situation where the pump was incapable of delivering the required fuel other than through starvation/blockage."
Very Thought provoking.
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