A330 Fuel System: How It Works and Pilot Choices

摘要

Fuel starvation of the second engine on Air Transat Flight 236 about 13 min. after failure of the first engine is puzzling because it implies the "good" tank had been emptied of fuel as well as the "bad" tank-something that should not have happened if the left and right tanks had remained isolated. Airbus procedures for fuel imbalance and fuel leaks call for the crossfeed valve to remain closed if a leak is suspected.