Originally Posted by
Bend alot
Many aircraft have evidence of water based contamination.i
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Water often gets into fuel systems and creates corrosion. These corrosion deposits are often found in the bottom of fuel filter housings, lower corners of wet wing fuel panels and on fuel drains themselves.
What is extremely concerning is the aircraft seems to have departed the highway with no approval to do so. (open MR entry - Mayday called)
I would love to see the MR and what was and was not done.
WHO flew it out??? and under who's instruction???
More than one involved in this cover up I think!
Was there an open MR entry? It just ran out of fuel. Add fuel and it's good to go. The prelim report states it was refuelled, flown home and then examined by LAMEs with the involvement of ATSB and CASA. Presumably it was then the evidence of contamination was found in the fuel system. It'll be interesting to see if fuel contamination was a factor in this or just something peripheral discovered during the investigation.