EXPLORE PUMP OVERHEATING

Robert S. Hopkins, 3rd (Midlothian, Tex.) December 23, 2002
Your article on Boeing fuel pumps failed to account for similar problems with overheating fuel pumps in other Boeing aircraft (AW&ST Dec. 9, p. 48). From 1982-93, five Boeing KC-135s exploded in flight or on the ground due to overheated body tank fuel pumps, killing 39 people. Indeed, after two...

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