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fuel pump
- Definição1
- A device which moves fuel along pipes from the tanks to the engine.
- Fonte1
- CROCKER, David. Dictionary of aviation. 2nd ed. London: A&C, 2005.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756 AN/965).
- Contexto
- Overheated fuel pumps, heat from worn carbon bearings and rubbing impellers have all been ignition sources in fuel tank explosions. However, electrical ignition has not been an ignition source in fuel tanks.
- Subárea
- Aircraft Structure
- Spanish
- bomba de combustible