Video posted to social media captured a ground worker appearing to lose his grip on the refuelling hose, causing jet fuel to uncontrollably spray out of the nozzle as the hose viciously snaked underneath the aircraft. The worker walked away from the scene as large pools of the flammable fuel began to form.
The airport’s spill containment infrastructure captured the spill, and the surface was cleaned, a spokesperson for Dallas-Fort Worth Airport told The Post.
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That was a malfunction, that single point nozzle should not be able to do that when it's not attached to the plane.
ReplyDeleteI was changing a fitting on a 2" fuel line at the fire wall going to an engine on a C-130, it was just down stream of the "T"-handle shut off. I Tee-handled the shut off valve, but it didn't work, I found that out as soon as I had the line disconnected! It's the graveyard shift, I'm shouting for help out on the ramp while trying really hard to get the line reattached... I have a 2" stream of jet fuel that gravity is pushing out of the tank... Spilled fuel everywhere... I get it back on and stop the leak, someone calls the fire dept and they are out there hosing the area down. It's 3 o'clock in the morning...
I made a joke about the fire dept guys spending a lot of time playing cards ( I never had to call them out before :-). The guy washing the mess down did not appreciate my humor...
Didn't have it locked onto the fueling port & it popped off when he opened the nozzle valve. It can be pretty awkward getting that nozzle seated depending on where on the jet the refueling port is located. Looks like he got sprayed and it got into his eyes. That stings a fair bit...ask me how I know. Figure 30 to 50 psi in that hose.
ReplyDeleteThin is, Jet fuel isn't all that flammable unless it is a mist. Not like gasoline. It isn't water, mind you, but it is pretty hard to ignite.
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