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Old 20th Mar 2014, 17:04
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Yancey Slide
 
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Even if intact, the wing tanks have vents, and I would expect them to be filled with water after this length of time.
IIRC, the overflow vents are fitted with one-way valves. Course, that assumes empty airtight tank flooding through the vents rather than any of the other possible ingress avenues (fuel quantity sensor holes, fill caps, broken fuel lines as it detached from the engine and hull, et al....)
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