Thursday, 13 January 2000
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What, you didn't know about the general aviation crisis in
Australia? Seems some 5,000 piston-engine aircraft were filled
up with avgas sold by Mobil and BP that had been contaminated
with ethylene diamine during production. The Australian Civil
Aviation Safety Authority has issued a directive requiring
grounding of all planes that used fuel from that batch. They
haven't come up with a way to clean the deposits out of the
engines yet. Thankfully, there are no reports of engine
failure in flight.
Many private airplanes, as well as cropdusters, air
ambulances, and tourist companies are in deep trouble. And
remember, this is Australia, where by necessity a lot of mail
delivery and firefighting is done by short hop aviation.
This is Australian General Aviation Crisis Continues <http://monkeyfist.com/articles/39>