Don’t they put fuel gauges in these things?I mean really-so what if they didn’t put enough fuel in the tanks,wouldn’t the flight engineer get a clue long before the plane ran dry?
Fuel gauges were not working. Like every other accident, it takes a “perfect storm” to create a disaster- in this case, if ANY of these factors had been different, the incident would never have occurred:
1. Fuel gauges not working.
2. Decision to proceed without fuel gauges.
3. Miscalculated fuel load.
Airlines carry enough fuel to get them to the next fueling point and very little more. Carrying fuel wastes fuel. Plus many airlines buy where fuel is cheapest...