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Fuel accidents: pilot education key, Flight International, 1-7 July 2003, p 40
exhaustion - no useable fuel remaining, or
starvation - interruption of fuel supply to the engine despite adequate fuel on board.
The former are decreasing whereas the latter remain roughly constant. Their likelihood is greater in the private/business and agricultural sectors. During the same period, 49 fatalities occurred through 139 fuel-related accidents.
Abstract details
Journal title: Flight International
Keywords: 2 Aerospace - 2.4 Aero general
Subjects: Aerospace engineering, Health and safety, Safety, Skills, education and training, Economics, business and commerce, Aviation, Transport, Transportation of products, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Transport not elsewhere specified
