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Airbus issues patch to prevent A350 airliner fuel tanks exploding

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Re: I Am Not An Aeronautical Engineer

For the archetypical Carnot heat engine lowering the temperature differential between the fuel and the engine body does lower the engine efficiency but modern jet engines are slightly more complex beasts than a simple heat engine.

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