The Fuel Gauges in This Model of Aircraft Crash

At six o two flight, engineer mendon hall said they had about three thousand pounds of fuel left. It's hard to tell from the transcript if this was acknowledged by the captain or the first officer. The last time fuel was mentioned was a, six o six, when the first officer said that they were losing an engin due to fuel. There was some talk in the media about issues the fuel gauges in this model of aircraft. This is actually really confusing. You're looking at eight numbers, and then multiplying byyit all right? That's such a convoluted system. On may twelfth, 19 78, this aircraft was retrofeted with a new fuel quantity indicating system