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To: PROCON

Low fuel situations are at the heart of many aviation accidents.

Once the gas starts to run out, pilots make more bad decisions in addition to their poor planning and lack of situational awareness.

From the reports I’ve read, it’s rare that a plane arrives at the crash site with completely empty tanks.


17 posted on 05/29/2018 12:30:04 PM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeWarrior
p07

Stop posing and get in the plane. We got lots of gas.

20 posted on 05/29/2018 12:36:26 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: ConservativeWarrior
Many tanks have fuel left when no more can go to the engine by the nature of the tanks and is called unusable fuel.

They don't call it unusable for nothing.

22 posted on 05/29/2018 1:14:49 PM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Any gas you have over what you need, just contributes to the post crash fire.


28 posted on 05/29/2018 2:30:37 PM PDT by xone
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