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Old 18th November 2010 | 00:12
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LH2
 
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The sketch on page 8 (9 on the PDF) of the report kind of makes it clear that this fuselage is not in much of a state to be sold (although you never know).

What I like is the frankness of the BEA reports. The last paragraph before the conclusion reads, translated:

For those two flights, it is surprising, considering the small margins respect to the minimum reserves required for VFR flights, and the uncertainty on the consumption rate of the engines, that the pilot and his employer didn't determine in a more precise manner the amount of fuel available to perform those two flights over water. These elements tend to show that the monitoring of remaining fuel wasn't being carried out diligently.
And the conclusion, in characteristic "what do you mean no blame culture?" BEA style reads:

The accident was probably caused by running out of fuel, due to inadequate preflight planning.
As an aside, do you make a note in the tech log when you fill the tanks full (or to tabs or some other identifiable level)? I tend to do, if nothing else to make life easier to the investigators should I have any mishaps they would be interested on.
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