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Old 12-21-2011 | 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tsquare
Buzz??????? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Man, I don't remember that one. I was, however, pre-flighting a C-141 at Travis when the jet next door exploded and burned to the ground. A maintenance guy reset a boost pump CB in an empty fuel tank....which exploded and starting a sequence of explosions for all 10 fuel tanks. 15 minutes later, it was a heap of molten metal.

Pretty amazing really. Maintenance guys were towing heavy jets at 35 mph to get them out of the way. I was halfway to San Francisco when it all stopped.