Re: I Am Not An Aeronautical Engineer
Wasn't there a problem a few years ago which was thought to be due to ice crystals forming in the fuel?
That was the BA 777 that 'landed*' just short of the runway at Heathrow, I think the issue was the crystals forming/collecting at the point where fuel left the tank for the engine while they were essentially at idle during the descent to land. They'd taken a long route over Siberia through an exceptionally cold layer of air which led to the fuel being cooled beyond the assumptions made in designing the system, as I understand it.
*It was undoubtedly a much better landing than I would have achieved in the circumstances.
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