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> Jet fuel cannot be stored in the wings in this zone. TFA describes a fuel leak resulting from a piece of the turbine disk passing through a fuel tank located
by usefulcat 14d ago
> Jet fuel cannot be stored in the wings in this zone.
TFA describes a fuel leak resulting from a piece of the turbine disk passing through a fuel tank located within the wing:
"When the fragments of the IP turbine disk passed through the wing and belly of the A380, they caused considerable secondary damage along the way, not only to the №2 engine but also to the left wing fuel tank, which sprang a leak"
It also includes a photo of the inside of the damaged wing tank.
Was the requirement you describe added after this incident?
- ahartmetz 14d agoSeems close to impossible for existing designs. The wings are commonly almost entirely full of fuel at max fuel, and I doubt that taking the capacity hit is an option even in newly designed planes.