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After the airplane was released by the maintenance, nobody could have catch the erroneous indication ... Would you have JammedStab ?
I hope I would have caught it as I did a check on every uplift I ever had on the ATR. In Bari, the required fuel uplift was 400 kg. This means about 900 pounds required. Total liters uplifted was 340 litres.
For a quick check, 340 times 2 equals 680 minus 10% equals about 600 pounds uplifted compared to 900 required. That is around a 30% error. Actually, they had a known uplift their point of origin as well that was off by over 30%. Their fuel burn for the first leg was 37% high.
Isn't that what the intention of a fuel check is all about?