NASA installs fuel inerting system on agency aircraft

NASA arranged for a fuel inerting system to be installed on a NASA Boeing 747 so the system, intended to reduce the chance of an explosion inside an airplane fuel tank, could be flight-tested. The work is part of ongoing research being conducted by the FAA and NASA. Researchers from NASA's Glenn...

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