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  2. How common are plane engine fires and bird collisions? An ...

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    Or you can have a failure of some of the metal components within the engine. "Foreign object damage — in the form of, normally, birds — can also lead to engine fires. And when these things ...

  3. Swiss flight attendant died due to 'severe lack of oxygen ...

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    The 23-year-old flight attendant was working on Swiss Flight 1885 when it encountered an engine problem and filled with smoke.

  4. Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane ... - AOL

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    A loss of oxygen is a leading theory for why an unresponsive business jet flew off course and over the nation’s capital Sunday before it crashed in rural Virginia. The Cessna Citation took off ...

  5. Mechanical failure or human error? What might've caused ... - AOL

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    A number of factors, among them the long development cycles involved in manufacturing commercial and military aircraft, mean the systems used typically lag behind even inexpensive consumer-grade ...

  6. NTSB: Fighter jet’s engine quit before it crashed in ... - AOL

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    The pilot of a fighter jet operated by a military contractor that crashed outside Phoenix last month reported a fuel problem and then a failure of the jet's engine before he ejected and the plane ...

  7. Aircraft engine controls - Wikipedia

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    Fuel pressure gauge - Indicates the supply pressure of fuel to the carburetor (or in the case of a fuel-injected engine, to the fuel controller.) Fuel boost pump switch - Controls the operation of the auxiliary electric fuel pump to provide fuel to the engine before it starts or in case of failure of the engine-powered fuel pump. Some large ...

  8. Aviation fuel - Wikipedia

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    Aviation fuel must be checked daily and before every flight for contaminants such as water or dirt. Avgas is the only remaining lead-containing transportation fuel. Lead in avgas prevents damaging engine knock, or detonation, that can result in a sudden engine failure.

  9. Engine failure caused helicopter crash that killed 4 ... - AOL

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    Jun. 12—Federal investigators say engine failure due to poor maintenance caused a helicopter crash nearly two years ago that claimed the lives of four Bernalillo County first responders.