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Old 6th Feb 2006, 21:12
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Originally Posted by jonny dangerous
If the leak continued, and the fuel remaining were enough to warrant salvaging it, I would give consideration to restarting the engine (it musn't be the cause of the leak, if the with engine secured, leak continues, correct?) and continuing diversion with two engines. I might, as above, open X-FEED and feed both engines from the leaking tank.
I agree with the restart option, but when opening the crossfeed (and selecting pumps from the Left Tank to OFF I suppose) there is no guarantee that fuel from the Left Tank will not escape via the same leak...?
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