The system uses “a small amount” of air from the engines ... consists of about 99.9 percent nitrogen. Because aircraft fuel tanks are vented to allow for equalization of pressure at different ...

previously told Reuters earlier that two of 18 fuel tanks had leaked, with an estimated 10% of the cargo. In an update on Monday, the coastguard said that small pellets of plastic resin - known as ...

Belly tanks were supplemental gas tanks strapped to World War II fighter planes to help boost their notoriously poor range. However, after the war, racers found another use for them. America's ...