Aviation Fuel Contamination: How Your Defueling Equipment Affects Fuel Quality
After a maintenance crew finishes draining a narrowbody plane during a scheduled level C check, the fuel goes into an open-top gravity bowser that’s been on the ramp for a decade. Two days later, the lab results are back: water content above limits and particulate count failed. Countless gallons of Jet-A, written off, and the […]