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Capo Gallo air disaster (2): the cause is a series of human mistakes
Palermo, Italy - Wrong fuel indicators and pilot's negligence

Palermo power of attorney stated that the Tuninter ATR-72 which sank on August 6, 2005, missed fuel: this is the reason why the aircraft engines stopped working, but nobody realized they were empty because fuel indicators belonging to another ATR model, the 42, had been installed on the airplane. The Tunisian pilot, Chefik Gharbi, did not land in Palermo and did not apply emergency measures but preferred...
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 146512
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency