Safety Review As Ice Blamed for Accident ; Near-Disaster Several Million to One Chance

The Journal › September 05, 2008

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SAFETY of all passenger aircraft should be checked, accident investigators said last night after they found a British Airways jet's crash-landing was probably caused by ice in its fuel system.

The previously unknown problem was revealed in an Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report into the incident at Heathrow Airport on January 17.

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Safety Review As Ice Blamed for Accident ; Near-Disaster Several Million to One Chance

It is likely ice crystals built up in the fuel tanks as it flew at high altitudes and then they blocked fuel flow to the engines as it descended to la...

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