Piltdown Man
11th Oct 2011, 23:25
The potent, sticky substance, thought to be kerosene, covered three drives, lawns and around 80ft of Aquila Drive yesterday morning.
Heddon is about four miles away from RWY 25 and about half a mile to the south of the centreline. Apparently a fuel like substance has been spread over some peoples gardens and houses.
Here's the story. (http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/10/11/investigation-after-plane-drops-fuel-on-homes-72703-29575239/).
Firstly, was it fuel? I've never heard of Jet A1 being "sticky"? Do the military have 'sticky fuel' which is used for other tasks? Assuming it did come from an aircraft, how? The only aircraft that may have a fuel dumping facility that uses EGNT is an A330. And as I don't think we've had an emergency in the past few days, it kind of suggests that if this actually did come from any aircraft, it was without the crew's knowledge. But what kind of leak dumps, controlled or uncontrolled, fuel in sufficient quantities so that it arrives in large blobs at ground level? Any ideas chaps? Obviously the experts running the airport will have a definitive answer in the next few hours, but can we beat them to it?
Heddon is about four miles away from RWY 25 and about half a mile to the south of the centreline. Apparently a fuel like substance has been spread over some peoples gardens and houses.
Here's the story. (http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/10/11/investigation-after-plane-drops-fuel-on-homes-72703-29575239/).
Firstly, was it fuel? I've never heard of Jet A1 being "sticky"? Do the military have 'sticky fuel' which is used for other tasks? Assuming it did come from an aircraft, how? The only aircraft that may have a fuel dumping facility that uses EGNT is an A330. And as I don't think we've had an emergency in the past few days, it kind of suggests that if this actually did come from any aircraft, it was without the crew's knowledge. But what kind of leak dumps, controlled or uncontrolled, fuel in sufficient quantities so that it arrives in large blobs at ground level? Any ideas chaps? Obviously the experts running the airport will have a definitive answer in the next few hours, but can we beat them to it?