The Gimli Glider? Wrong size gallons is a terrible analysis of that incident. The fueler reported that the density of jet fuel at the time was 1.77, which was

The Gimli Glider? Wrong size gallons is a terrible analysis of that incident. The fueler reported that the density of jet fuel at the time was 1.77, which was in lb/L, since other Air Canada aircraft used lb. Pearson and Quintal both used the density of jet fuel in lb/L without converting to kg/L In fact, Air Canada was in the process of standardizing their fleet on metric, but failed to carefully train their personnel and failed to establish procedures for accurately transmitting measurements.