Federal investigators, however, focused on a more mundane source for the catastrophe: the Boeing 747’s center fuel tank. Although the exact cause remains unknown, in 1997 the National ...

0000 pounds of fuel will change the plane's center of gravity. The freighter version of the 747-8 which has been in service since October does not use the tail tanks because customers prefer the ...

Researchers from NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC), Cleveland ... That's when TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747-131, suffered a catastrophic fuel tank explosion. The jumbo jet crashed into the ...

23 -- Investigators of the deadly crash of TWA Flight 800 believe the design of the Boeing 747 aircraft and its ... short circuit outside the center fuel tank of Flight 800 likely sent excess ...

All 230 people on board were killed. Investigators blame the crash on an explosion of the Boeing 747’s center fuel tank although the precise ignition source remains elusive. The National ...

Loeb noted that the TWA 800 center tank could have been ... wires in the plane's nearly empty center fuel tank, where it set off fumes. The 747 plunged into the ocean off Long Island on July ...

All 230 aboard the Boeing 747 bound from New York to Paris were ... Investigators have determined that the plane's center fuel tank exploded but have so far not reported the cause of that blast.

Kennedy International Airport after a spark ignited vapors in a fuel tank located in the center of the Boeing 747’s wing. Officials never pinpointed what triggered the blast but suspected a ...

there's also a central middle tank, though the storage configurations vary from model to model. Naturally, in addition to storing tons of fuel, the 747 also burns plenty. Taken incrementally ...

By 2010, all new aircraft with center fuel tanks must have the new safety equipment ... McDonald Douglas MD80 fleet and much of the Boeing 747 fleet.

The later models of the jet were able to fly far further on a "full tank of gas", a point much appreciated by airlines. Of course, this begs the question; Just how much fuel does a Boeing 747 need ...