The last Boeing I flew was the 727 and it had fuel gauges behind a panel
on the under side of the right wing.Â* There was also a calibrated drip
stick.Â* I imagine the 767 has similar provisions and I also imagine that
the aircraft's MEL does not include the fuel gauges in the cockpit.Â* But
then I'm just imagining things...Â* In the first article I read about
this incident, a long time ago, they mentioned the inoperative cockpit
gauges and I think it mentioned that the flight was legal with no
in-cockpit gauges.

On 9/27/2020 9:28 AM, kinsell wrote:
On 9/26/20 5:32 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 21:48:33 -0700, Doug Levy wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlkCofOyxUA

Colour me mystified: what of earth has the Hudson to do with the Gimli
Glider?

The Hudson was Sullenberger's show. BTW, I seem to remember that at the
time he was said to have no glider experience, but that's wrong:
apparently he did have a glider rating at the time and (later?) became a
CFIG, so about the only connection is that the P1 for both the Gimli and
Hudson incidents were glider pilots.



Pardon me playing Captain Obvious, but the both involve landing
airliners with no power and no loss of life.Â* But none of this is
exactly breaking news.

One thing that was interesting from the Gimli incident that wasn't
covered in that clip, the 767 had in-op fuel gauges and was allowed to
make the flight.Â* Not the primary cause of the accident, but would
have provided much earlier notification of a problem than having an
engine flame out.

-Dave

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Dan, 5J