PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - BA038 (B777) Thread
View Single Post
Old 9th Aug 2008, 19:31
  #1608 (permalink)  
Mechta
 
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: At home
Posts: 1,232
Received 3 Likes on 3 Posts
In response to Pax2908; if the tank vent is blocked, the air pressure in the tank will drop, and probably result in at least partial deformation of the structure, as wings are not designed to be a vacuum chambers!

This is what happened to an HS125 with a blocked vent (type 'blocked' in the find box): www.flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_jul02.pdf

Last edited by Mechta; 9th Aug 2008 at 20:03. Reason: Link to pdf added
Mechta is offline