A planned training flight spiraled into an emergency due to a progressive right roll, radio failure, strong fuel smell, and visible fuel venting during a nighttime IMC flight back to base. The root ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration should issue warnings to operators of Convair 580s to close shut-off valves of fuel tanks not being used during crossfeed operations, according to a US National ...

An open crossfeed valve on a Qantas Airways Boeing 737-800 led to a fuel imbalance in flight, with the crew misidentifying the problem as a fuel leak, and then shutting down an engine and diverting.