HALFWAY BTWN GUM AND HNL; A FLC OF AN MD11 HAS AN ENG FLAMEOUT DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL MGMNT.

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HOPEFULLY THIS RPT MAKES SENSE BUT I WOULDN'T GUARANTEE IT. THE OFFICIAL DUTY DAY ENDED UP BEING 21 HRS 55 MINS AND 14 HRS 42 MINS FLT TIME. THAT IS THE BACKGROUND ON THE FLT. SOMEWHERE BTWN 3 AND 4 HRS OUT OF GUAM ENRTE TO HNL I; CAPT; WAS IN THE BUNK TAKING A BREAK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE LEAVING MNL -- AN EVENING DEP OUT OF MNL. AT NO TIME DID I KNOW OR FEEL ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. NORMALLY I FEEL/HEAR EVERY CLB AND DSCNT EVEN IN THE BUNK. WHEN I CAME BACK UP ON THE FLT DECK THE 2 FO'S (BOTH TYPE RATED) TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD ACCIDENTALLY SHUT DOWN #2 ENG. WE HAD ELECTED TO RUN THE FUEL SYS IN MANUAL TO KEEP FUEL IN THE TAIL TANK FOR CTR OF GRAVITY CTL. ONE OF THE AUX XFER PUMPS WAS INOP. WITH THAT PUMP INOP IN AUTO THE FUEL SYS CTLR WILL NOT GIVE YOU TAIL FUEL MGMNT -- IT JUST PUMPS IT FORWARD INTO THE TANK WITH THE INOP PUMP. THUS THE REASON FOR CHOOSING MANUAL. THE 2 FO'S ON DUTY WERE BALANCING FUEL BTWN TANKS. ONE HELD HIS FINGER UP TO THE XFER PUMP SWITCH AND GOT CONFIRMATION FROM THE OTHER FO BEFORE MOVING IT. THE SAME PROCESS WAS REPEATED TO TURN IT OFF. THEN FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON THE FO REACHED UP TO PRESS THE SWITCH AGAIN. JUST AS THE OTHER FO SAID NO; HE PUSHED IT -- IT WAS THE #2 TANK FUEL PUMPS. #2 IS THE ONLY ENG THAT WON'T GRAVITY FEED. IT WAS DEAD INSTANTLY. THEY WENT THROUGH THE CHKLISTS; RESTARTED THE ENG WITH NO PROB; AND WE CONTINUED THE FLT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I THINK THE BIGGEST FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT WAS THE FATIGUE LEVEL AT THIS POINT IN THE FLT. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 377455: DUE TO AN INOP FUEL PUMP IN THE #2 TANK; THE FUEL SYS WAS BEING OPERATED IN MANUAL. A SLIGHT FUEL IMBALANCE REQUIRED XFER FROM TANK #2 TO TANK #3. INSTEAD OF TURNING THE XFER PUMP ON; I INADVERTENTLY TURNED THE #2 PUMP SWITCH OFF. THE #2 ENG THEN FLAMED OUT. WE ACCOMPLISHED THE ENG RESTART INFLT PROC AND CONTINUED TO OUR DEST.