Running out of gas because you don't have enough on board and have decided to takeoff without any fuel gauges(AC 767) will affect an aircraft from a Cessna 150 to a B-52.
Admittedly, the A330 aircraft may have been more vulnerable based on the situation at the time because of a simpler fuel system in Twins making it easier to pump most of it out prior to discovering that you screwed up big time.