takethebounce
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Airplane has two fuel tanks in each wing. Each engine has an engine driven pump, backed up by an electric pump.
Neither engine was producing power, or she'd have made it to the airport.
Maxwell seems to have some depth depth of knowledge here too. Another pilot?
Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is the investigator and will prepare the report. They are completely arms length from Transport Canada and Nav Canada. Unlike the crash that killed Jim Prentice, passengers and crew survived, and the airplane is in one piece (roughly) so the final report will be detailed and conclusive. You'd think they could publish it quickly, but it will still be a year.
The cross feeds on the Navajos can feed either side and one side can feed both. You could in theory leave the firewall shut off valves “on” for one side and the other side fed by the aux and have an issue with supply as the aux ran out.