• bulwark@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    There are redundant systems on modern planes that can handle multiple failures. If they’re saying it’s fuel related my guess is dirty jet fuel. It would explain a stuck fuel valve. There’s lots of ground crew checks before flight, and one is checking the fuel tanks for contamination. Just a speculation.

    • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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      13 hours ago

      These switches are evidently monitored by the aircraft’s systems, as the investigators seem to know for a fact when these switches were moved. This is not a “failure”, unless the switch moved by itself.

      I’m not sure why you’re trying to “I reckon” this, when we know why the engines stopped.