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31st Mar 2018, 14:05

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kenparry

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I was told that the reason the 1-11 crashed was that the fuel instead of water made the mixture too rich and put the flame out.

Not so. The excess fuel resulted in a very overheated turbine, which melted within a few seconds.

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