Originally Posted by
MATELO
I had this explained to me by a friend who was a BA pilot and lectured on safety for them. This was around 16yrs ago and he detailed all the points in the vid, except the part about the transfer of fuel from the rear tank to the ruptured one. The point where the FE shut off no.2, was the key to the final result. He had access to the CVR and was amazed that happened. The crew had a big part in the accident, along with the maintainance leaving out the spacer in the UC. Lots of careful lining up of holes in the cheese.
DW