NTSB reports do seem to suggest also that fuel just spills more often
than it spills & ignites. With the Europa, I have a theory that the
fuselage is more crash-survivable than many others, and further if the
people survive, so does the tank. So the weak link is the plumbing,
and in an area where there's typically electric wiring. Anybody have
some good engineering advice on the topic, rubber and/or alum? We'll
all sign any liability waiver!
Regards,
Fred F., A063
Graham Singleton wrote:
> There was one here in UK, which had aluminum fuel pipes. Again no fire. The
> fuel tank was torn out of the aircraft so there was fuel everywhere. The
> most likely cause of fire I think is likely to be ignition from an
> electrical source.
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