As forecast, here's the confirmation.
NTSB link:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?...02FA060&akey=1
Associated Press copy.
SEATTLE (AP) - A meticulously restored Boeing 307
Stratoliner ditched in Elliot Bay last year because the
crew had incorrectly estimated how much fuel was left,
federal aviation officials said.
The last of the Model 307s - the first commercial aircraft
with a pressurized cabin - splashed into the bay on March
28 on a test flight.
All four engines lost power when the plane ran out of gas,
the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday. The
report found fault with the crew for relying solely on fuel
gauges, failing to verify levels through other methods,
Nobody was injured when the four-man crew ditched the
plane into the bay, just 50 feet (15 meters) from shore in
front of a west Seattle restaurant lunchtime crowd.
The plane was originally flown by Pan American Airways in
1940 as the Clipper Flying Cloud. It took six years to
restore.
The Stratoliner is being repaired and is to be the
centerpiece of the Smithsonian's new National Air and Space
Museum at Dulles International Airport near Washington,
D.C.