Machinbird,
I'd say that is how urban legends are created ....
A fuel tank is still to a large extent a 'Faraday cage', so RF would not have such a major effect.
"I never saw that particular malfunction again. ".
Your remark, Occam's razor, Murphy's law, etc. would say, AFAIAK, that a causal link between the fuel system failure and the HF system does not exist....
Personally, I would think a link between fuel fire risks and RF is more or less a red herring.
Sparks and fuel, yes. RF and fuel, no.
I'm interested, which is why I 'subscribed' to this thread.
But so far, I've not seen any 'technologically sound' discussion.....
CJ