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Old 27th Apr 2001, 01:41
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Stress & Fokker

With regards to the two known centre tank explosions, I believe that in both cases the tank had run dry and that the centre fuel pumps were not switched off. We operate a Middle East based BBJ wirth plenty of APU hrs and in discussion with the regions tech rep it is suggested to avoid running the pumps for any time when dry. Also preserves the pumps life.