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Old 21st Dec 2012, 11:21
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That opens up the discussion of why he failed to follow the checklist - ISTR it was to do with confusion over lack of oil temp increase (no oil left to give the sensor input) added to the belief he had a 30-min run dry. That doesn't prove that checklists are infallible (nor pilots, sadly).
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