Fuel leak?

wijnand · Post by **wijnand** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:09 pm

"Hello guys, I was cruising happily at FL 330; when I switched to the fuel panel in order to check the 2&3 tanks - i was waiting for the moment to switch the fuel system to Tank to Engine configuration - I noticed that tank #1 was totally empty. All fuel pumps (except centre tank which was not in use) were functioning fine, all crossfeeds were open; the reservetanks were closed. Anyone had this before? The tanks were correctly filled before takeoff. I had no warnings of any kind. Wijnand (EHBK)"

BarryTheAviator · Post by **BarryTheAviator** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:09 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(wijnand @ Aug 2 2005, 06:09 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>Hello guys, I was cruising happily at FL 330; when I switched to the fuel panel in order to check the 2&3 tanks - i was waiting for the moment to switch the fuel system to Tank to Engine configuration - I noticed that tank #1 was totally empty. All fuel pumps (except centre tank which was not in use) were functioning fine, all crossfeeds were open; the reservetanks were closed. Anyone had this before? The tanks were correctly filled before takeoff. I had no warnings of any kind. Wijnand (EHBK) [right][snapback]4526[/snapback][/right] </div> I could may be understand it if it was tank 2 and you had left the APU running?"

wijnand · Post by **wijnand** » Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:23 am

"<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BarryTheAviator @ Aug 3 2005, 11:09 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I could may be understand it if it was tank 2 and you had left the APU running? [right][snapback]4548[/snapback][/right] </div> Hello Barry, no the APU was off and both fuelpumps (1 and 4) were off; it was a few moments before I had to switch to tank to engine configuration. the dumpswitches were closed (I never use them, you can get into trouble with the locals...) Any way, today's flight to Tokio went fine. Take care, wijnand"