High Heat In Fuel Tank Made TWA Explosion Possible, Tests Show
Flight tests show that increasing the temperature of Jet A fuel used in transport aircraft multiplies the risk of explosion dramatically, the National Transportation Safety Board was told yesterday in Baltimore at its public hearing into the crash of TWA Flight 800. This finding has "very...
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