| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 06, 2005 |
| Time: | 15:40 |
| Location: | Off Palermo, Italy |
| Operator: | Tuninter |
| Flight #: | 1153 |
| Route: | Bari, Italy - Djerba, Tunisia |
| AC Type: | ATR-72-202 |
| Registration: | TS-LBB |
| cn / ln: | 258 |
| Aboard: | 39 (passengers:34 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 16 (passengers:? crew:?) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft developed engine trouble while en route from Bari Italy to Djerba, Tunisia The crew contacted Palermo ATC for an emergency landing but ditched into the sea approximately 19 miles north of Palermo. The pilot reported that both engines had failed. Fuel starvation. The maintenance crew incorrectly installed a fuel gauge for a ATR-42 on the ATR-72. Both instruments look very similar. |
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