06-29-2012, 10:31 AM
(06-29-2012, 08:35 AM)ETC57 Wrote: Yes Willie,
so have you ever seen that go poorly?
Jerry.
No Jerry, fortunately we were only working on passenger vehicles for the most part. Probably 20 gallon tanks at most.
I do know of one incident though that will always stick with me. Back when I was wrenching on jets during my time in the USAF, we had one poor soul that had the job of crawling into the wing tank of a cargo plane to change out a booster pump. The tanks were emptied and purged according to the proper procedures and he was properly dressed in an anti-static protective suit. The investigation revealed that unfortunately he had carried a non-authorized flashlight into the tank with him. (No explosion-proof rating.) He was killed instantly.
Willie