Twin Otter force-landed in swamp after crews failed to notice insufficient fuel

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Source: TSB via Air Tindi

Lack of checklist discipline left the pilots of a De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter unware that the aircraft was carrying insufficient fuel, before it carried out a forced landing in a swamp while diverting.

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