On: 40 years ago yesterday Air Canada Flight 143 ran o...

[mc32]

Was Boeing doing the aircraft servicing, else why would they be to blame?

[tspike → mc32]

They didn’t provide procedures for a no power landing. They also failed to update the conversion documentation.

[asynchronous → tspike]

And they designed and produced a plane with commonly faulty fuel gauges at the time.

[stevehawk → asynchronous]

> And they designed and produced a plane with commonly faulty fuel gauges at the time.

There hasn't been an accurate fuel gauge in aviation since the discovery of powered flight.

[dylan604 → tspike]

Did they "fail" to do it, or did they just "self-certify" the documentation? /s