Because aircraft fuel tanks are vented to allow for equalization of pressure at different altitudes, the nitrogen must be constantly fed into the tanks to displace the outside air that freely enters.

Yet another fleet of Boeing airplanes was found to have a potentially disastrous flaw — one that could set the entire ...

The Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy’s massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water, and will remove all the fuel, the ...