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Old 06-19-2002, 05:52 PM   #9
MaggieL
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bitman
My question: If all the fuel and engines are in the wings, why'd the fuselage explode?
Fuel probably spilled from the tanks into the fuselage as the wings came off. It's also not unknown for C-130s to have aux tanks in the fuselage. There aren't many operational aircraft that have as many different versions flying as the Hercules.
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