Tuninter Flight 1153 was a Tuninter Airlines flight from Bari International Airport

Bari International Airport

Bari "Karol Wojtyła" Airport is an airport serving the city of Bari in Italy. It is approximately northwest from the town centre. The airport is also known as Palese Airport after a nearby neighbourhood....

 in Bari

Bari

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, Italy

Italy

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, to Djerba-Zarzis Airport

Djerba-Zarzis Airport

Djerba–Zarzis International Airport is an airport serving the island of Djerba in Tunisia.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:...

 in Djerba

Djerba

Djerba , also transliterated as Jerba or Jarbah, is, at 514 km², the largest island of North Africa, located in the Gulf of Gabes, off the coast of Tunisia.-Description:...

, Tunisia

Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

. On 6 August 2005, the Tuninter ATR-72 ditched into the Mediterranean Sea about 18 miles (29 km) from the city of Palermo. Sixteen of the 39 people on board died. The accident resulted from engine fuel exhaustion due to the installation of fuel quantity indicators designed for the ATR 42 in the larger ATR 72.
The Captain was Chafik Al Gharbi and the copilot was Ali Kebaier Lassoued .
The aircraft, an ATR 72, had its fuel quantity indicator (FQI) replaced the night before the flight, but technicians inadvertently installed a FQI designed for the ATR 42, a similar but smaller airplane with smaller fuel tanks.