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Old 27th Feb 2014, 10:11
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Pittsextra
 
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I'll let you find the fault in that statement yourself
It would be at fault had it not ended with "and allow yourself to be more optimistic"

Anyway we can wish it wasn't so, can talk it around, analyse individual words and try to find the escape.


The Warning Unit has provided information on the order in which warnings were triggered
during the flight but not when they occurred. The unit recorded the normal warnings associated with starting the helicopter, followed by a warning free status. It subsequently recorded intermittent LOW FUEL 1 warnings for the left fuel supply tank, then a permanent
LOW FUEL 2 warning for the right fuel supply tank. This was followed by a further temporary LOW FUEL 1 warning, before it became permanent for the remainder of the
flight. These LOW FUEL warnings are triggered by thermal sensors in the supply tanks. For this helicopter build configuration, they indicate when there is approximately 32 kg and 28 kg of fuel remaining in the left and right supply tanks, respectively. On receipt of these warnings, the manufacturer’s flight manual for the helicopter instructs the pilot to ‘LAND WITHIN 10 MINUTES’.

I suggest he didn't heed that warning.
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