Substandard quality of jet fuel
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Substandard quality of jet fuel
As I read in international news, there's been a major disruption in an eastern EU-capital of fuel supply. Has anyone more information ?, or seen anything such recently / elsewhere ?
bbn.ee - Flights in Tallinn Airport disrupted by fuel crisis
I remember back when the wall had just come down, working Stockholm airport's line maintenance. Every now and then, some Baltic airlines would fly in using TU-134:aircrafts and not uplifting any JET-A1. The smell & "black cloud" they then left behind after take-off eastwards again, left environmental concerns to even my young eyes in 1993. I'd assume they first flew westwards unnecessarily heavy, and then had combustion-problems or some other kerosene-standard than JET-A1 in their tanks at that decade.
bbn.ee - Flights in Tallinn Airport disrupted by fuel crisis
I remember back when the wall had just come down, working Stockholm airport's line maintenance. Every now and then, some Baltic airlines would fly in using TU-134:aircrafts and not uplifting any JET-A1. The smell & "black cloud" they then left behind after take-off eastwards again, left environmental concerns to even my young eyes in 1993. I'd assume they first flew westwards unnecessarily heavy, and then had combustion-problems or some other kerosene-standard than JET-A1 in their tanks at that decade.
''or some other kerosene-standard than JET-A1 in their tanks at that decade'''
At that time, most Russian airports would have been supplying RT1 fuel which is very similar to Jet A, but has a lower freezing point. It's still widely used in the CIS states and China. The smokey engines are probably more to do with the engine's design rather than the fuel.
At that time, most Russian airports would have been supplying RT1 fuel which is very similar to Jet A, but has a lower freezing point. It's still widely used in the CIS states and China. The smokey engines are probably more to do with the engine's design rather than the fuel.
