Good article. Also reminds me of the 2005 crash of a Tuninter Airlines ATR 72 that ditched in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Palermo Italy. The accident resulted from fuel exhaustion due to the installation of fuel quantity gauges from the smaller ATR 42. The crew did not know that their fuel quantities were lower than indicated as a result of the bad gauges and so they ran out of fuel over the sea, but managed to ditch the aircraft near some boats. As a result 23 passengers survived including the flight crew, but 16 passengers died . The Italian government however, sentenced the pilots to 10 years in prison for manslaughter! That's crazy! Glad I fly in the U.S.A.
