If I remember this particular accident, it occurred shortly before I arrived at Leconfield and the story was one of running out of fuel after staying too long on the tanker trying to make contact. However, several years later, it was discovered that at very low fuel states in a cruise descent (idle/fast idle) the aircraft attitude allowed the fuel pumps to become cavitated as they became uncovered by the low fuel left in the tanks and that would result in double flame-out.
Regardless of this discovery, it appeared that the pilot's initial diagnosis was electrical failure as the engines stopped driving the electrics. That delay in recognising the real problem was, unfortunately, fatal.
Last edited by soddim; 7th Oct 2013 at 17:33.