Originally Posted by
Compass Call
If you make a mistake and use water-methanol on a pure jet engine you end up destroying the turbine blades, as happened to a BAC 1-11.
It would be interesting to know why this is the case as other gas turbine engines use water methanol.
Originally Posted by
megan
Rick, I read that each wing had one water pump to feed both engines on that wing, so pump failure meant loss of thrust on both that wings engines. Systems can make life interesting.
I suppose that the dual partial loss of thrust would be less than a single complete loss of thrust on an outboard engine and therefore acceptable.
Originally Posted by
rog747
Interesting story. The link below shows how the wrong stuff can end up in a water meth barrel. We had the same thing happen at our company despite the water meth barrels being a completely separate colour. The end result was that three aircraft had fuel put into their water meth tanks. Fortunately, it was discovered by an astute crew member, otherwise we had the potential to be the first airline in history with three crashes in one day.
Camarena Brandi CaseStudy10.docx - AFAB 130 Aerospace Workplace Ethics & Issues Case Study #8- What's in the Water Methanol Barrel? HAWKER SIDDELEY HS | Course Hero