FAA Sees New Ways To Improve Fuel Tank Safety
FAA, seeking ways to prevent another TWA 800 accident, sees "significant" potential in the ground inerting of aircraft fuel tanks, agency officials said yesterday. Flight-testing of the process on a Boeing 737 will begin next month, said Elizabeth Erickson, Aircraft Certification Service. The...
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