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Old 20th Sep 2019, 20:26
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Originally Posted by OldnGrounded
Exactly. Unless it's aerosolized or the ambient temp is really high, you could extinguish burning cigarettes (or matches) in Jet A1 all day, without incident (except for contaminating the fuel). But don't do that, of course.
Perhaps not exactly correct...

The folks at SeaTac airport tried a version of that experiment for you.
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