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 aircraft manufacturer discovered that its 777 liner has poor electrical insulation near its fuel tank, according to a proposed rule the Federal Aviation Administration posted in March.

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.

Worker at LAX rescued from aircraft fuel tank after becoming unconscious 00:27. A man had to be rescued early Wednesday after falling unconscious while working on a FedEx fuel tank at LAX.

Such self-sealing tanks, the Captain went on, were built into the aircraft's wings, and "most modern airplanes have their fuel tanks in the wing roots, that is, in the part of the wing next to the ...

The aircraft has a gross weight of 400,000 pounds. “[It’s] the same as a 747 and could hold 120,000 pounds of cargo,” he said. Fuel Tanks. A lighted hatch leads to a bilge that holds the ...

WestJet has chosen Jetaire’s Invicta product for fuel tank flammability reduction on its Boeing 737 fleet. ... and product and service news for MRO Digest, Inside MRO and Aviation Week Marketplace.

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 ...

The fuel tank landed in a neighborhood in Niceville in the Florida panhandle, near Eglin Air Force Base. It dropped from a 96th Test Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft, the base said.

Mig-29 additional fuel tank gets dislodged from aircraft during routine training, falls inside Goaltore forest; none hurt. Tamaghna Banerjee & Sujay Khanra / TNN / Updated: May 22, 2023, 20:27 IST.

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 ...