That makes sense with perfect fuel systems. So how come they are always dumping fuel before emergency landings?
I’m not the smartest guy around, but even I know they dump fuel to reduce the possibility of explosion by reducing available fuel for the explosion.
Fuel is dumped before an emergency landing in order to reduce the landing weight to within limits. Fuel is never dumped for any “explosive” possibility.
TWA’s center tank pump switches were off when the engineer’s panel was pulled from the ocean. With the fuel pumps not operating, I don’t see how they can spark and cause an explosion.
Is there no current flowing, even when switched off. Thought so. BTW, no doubt getting down to proper weight is primary objective, but hard to believe that a secondary reason is to reduce flammable fuel.