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5. This is a tank vent leak.

Wed Jun 14, 2017, 06:06 PM

Jun 2017

They're not that uncommon and are usually the result of an overfilled tank or a check valve failure. In this case it looks like a check valve failed.

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This is the ONE thing you don't want to see before cross-Atlantic flight [View all] n2doc Jun 2017 OP

Just a small leak dalton99a Jun 2017 #1

gratuitous Twilight Zone pic: Nightmare at 20,000 feet rurallib Jun 2017 #3

Gratuitous, perhaps, but some had to do it Maeve Jun 2017 #4

This is a tank vent leak. mn9driver Jun 2017 #5

is it better to find out now? onethatcares Jun 2017 #6

On the ground is always better :) mn9driver Jun 2017 #10