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Working inside aircraft fuel tanks is very unpleasant and, if not done properly, very risky. Yet "tank diving" is a common and frequent maintenance task. Although technology exists to speed up ...
The Federal Aviation Administration found that Boeing's 777 plane has poor electrical insulation near its fuel tank that could cause explosions or fire.
These tanks are normally added under the wings or body of an aircraft to carry extra fuel. In most cases, attaching these tanks would reduce the aircraft’s stealth, making it visible to enemy radar.
The 30-year-old man had been inside the aircraft fuel tank, performing maintenance work.
When every ounce of weight and its distribution matters, the question of where airplanes store their fuel becomes an important consideration.
WestJet has chosen Jetaire’s Invicta product for fuel tank flammability reduction on its Boeing 737 fleet.
The fuel tank dropped from a 96th Test Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, the base in the Florida panhandle said.
The Air Force wants to begin examining ways to increase the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's range by potentially integrating external fuel tanks onto the aircraft, according to the service's fiscal year ...
Mig-29 additional fuel tank gets dislodged from aircraft during routine training, falls inside Goaltore forest; none hurt ...
Here’s how the system works: While the left side of the plane stored its jet fuel in the wing like a typical aircraft, the hydrogen for the electric motor on the right wing was stored in tanks ...
“Sustainable aviation fuel development is not moving at the speed of climate change,” Chuck Collins, a director at the progressive think tank Institute for Policy, said in a statement.