Originally Posted by
ShotOne
of course it does....its a rumour forum! The point is his assertion, accompanied with threats,("I will post the names....") about the fuel exhaustion being BS is every bit as speculative as the original claim.
You brought in the Glasgow police helicopter crash, lonewolf. While you rightly said it had fuel on board, this fuel was rendered unusable by being in a tank to which the transfer pumps had been selected OFF". We may never know why the experienced ex-military pilot ignored the warning lights.
Indeed. I was trying to point out that a variety of aircraft have systems features that can result in having fuel on board but the fuel not getting to the engines. (We used to have an issue with the aux tanks on H-2's that could bite you if you weren't vigilant, or if the bleed air system malfunctioned ...)