MarkD
Engine vibration in flight, precautionary shutdown involving shutting the HP fuel cock, LP pump still powered.
Fracture in the fuel line downstream of the LP cock caused 'a lot' of fuel to be pumped into the tailpipe through the afterburner system.
Fuel checks sometime after the shutdown discovered large discrepancy and the LP cock was then closed which stopped the leak. Aircraft diverted and landed in Halifax (?) with not a lot of fuel remaining.
NB 'a lot' believed to be over 16 tonnes
Last edited by TopBunk; 3rd Jun 2003 at 20:16.