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Boeing and Airbus to test a fuel tank safety technology
Washington, Usa - It's tried to prevent another in flight blow up
Boeing and Airbus, the two greatest world aircraft manufacturers, have announced in the next weeks they will lead jointly some tests in order to verify a new technology that should prevent the tank outbreaks. It's still fresh, indeed, the memory of the TWA 800 disaster, the plane exploded on July 17, 1996, over Long Island for an electrical short inside the tanks that ignited flammable vapors, killing...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency