FLC OF A WDB ACR ACFT DEPARTED WITH LESS AVAILABLE FUEL THAN REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED FLT DUE TO A LANGUAGE BARRIER IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY AND NOT CALCULATING THE FUEL LOAD PER COMPANY PROC.

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CARGO FLT OPERATING HONG KONG - SEOUL KOREA - ANCHORAGE; AK (SEOUL IS A FUELING STOP ONLY). ACFT DEPARTED HONG KONG LATE DUE TO AN AIRLINES (WDB) ACCIDENT IN HONG KONG. SEOUL; KOREA HAS A CURFEW AT XB00Z. ACFT ARRIVED AT XA15Z. IN ORDER TO AVOID AN OVERNIGHT DELAY IN SEOUL; THE FLT HAD TO DEPART BEFORE XB00Z. THE ACFT WAS OPERATING WITH #1 FUEL QUANTITY INDICATOR INOP. IT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE GND PERSONNEL THAT TANKS #1; #2 AND #3 BE FILLED TO CAPACITY IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ERROR IN THE #1 TANK. BECAUSE OF A LANGUAGE BARRIER THIS WAS NOT DONE. ACR ESTABLISHED PROC IS TO TOTAL THE FUEL UPLIFTED PLUS THE FUEL ON ARR AND THAT SHOULD EQUAL THE REQUIRED FUEL LOAD FOR DEP. BECAUSE OF THE REDUCED GND TIME IN ORDER TO AVOID THE CURFEW I INADVERTENTLY OMITTED COMPLYING WITH THIS PROC; AS A CONSEQUENCE THE FLT DEPARTED WITH 14000 LBS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED FUEL LOAD OF 178000 LBS FOR THE FLT DUE TO THE ERROR ON THE #1 INDICATOR SYS. AFTER THE DISCREPANCY WAS DISCOVERED WE COORDINATED OUR EFFORTS WITH OUR DISPATCH DEPT; A REFILE FLT PLAN WAS ISSUED AND WE PROCEEDED TO DEST LNDG AT ANCHORAGE WITH 14400 LBS OF FUEL REMAINING EVEN THOUGH WE LOST 11 MINS FROM THE ORIGINAL FLT PLAN DUE TO UNFAVORABLE WINDS.