E. H. Dix Jr., R. B. Mears, Aluminum Aircraft Fuel Tanks, SAE Transactions, Vol. 35 (1940), pp. 215-220. Free online reading for over 10 million ... employing corrosion inhibitors either in capsules ...

Working inside aircraft fuel tanks is very unpleasant and, if not done properly, very risky. Yet "tank diving" is a common and frequent maintenance task.

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ASHBURN, Va. -- A device to prevent airplane fuel tanks from exploding must be installed on certain passenger jets and cargo planes, federal officials said Wednesday, 12 years after such an ...