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   From: AA@AA.AA   
      
   Stefan  wrote in   
   news:4433d$48c11bbd$54497efa$17198@news.hispeed.ch:   
      
   > Bertie the Bunyip schrieb:   
   >   
   >> Yeah, I found mainstream news reports on it after I posted that. They   
   >> seem to be insisting it wasn't waxing, but actual ice in the fuel,   
   >> which would be a very rare event. i have had it happen to me using   
   >> Avgas. When 100LL came out first it had a habit of keeping water in   
   >> suspension. I nearly came to grief, in fact, as did many others. that   
   >> problem was solved with 100LL AFAIK, though. When I heard about the   
   >> accident first I thought it might have been duff fuel they got in   
   >> China, bu tI see no finger pointing in that direction. in some parts   
   >> of the world the fuel is still pretty crude, being fairly wide cut.   
   >> The engines sem to digest it with no problem, but fire hazards while   
   >> fueling are greatly increased by them and I've often wondered if   
   >> there are other risks. i have no idea what they refueled with in   
   >> China or how carefully the fuel's quality is looked after.   
   >   
   > Blah blah blah   
   >   
      
   Oh do tell, fjukktard.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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