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r3pl4y on July 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: 40 years ago yesterday Air Canada Flight 143 ran o...

How come there isn't one big red light saying "you're out of fuel"?

Aaargh20318 on July 25, 2023 [–]

> How come there isn't one big red light saying "you're out of fuel"?

That would probably be part of the "Fuel Quantity Indicator System" that was broken on this specific plane.

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