Qantas A380 Fuel Fungus?
 

Channel Ten New last night in Adelaide ran a story about Qantas grounding all their A380's due to fuel fungus giving faulty fuel readings.

Any further news??

Hahah! Typical media!

Its just 1 A380 stuck in LHR.

Thats explains why at the QF Jet base I saw 2 x 380's at the Jetbase last night 1 in the hanger and one in the open.

Also explains why yesterdays QF93 MEL-LAX that was scheduled as an A380, was operated by 744 VH-OEF and went via SYD as QF11 was cancelled

One of the A380s is currently on its way back from LHR operating QF10 which is due into MEL this evening. (Delayed)

A second A380 will operate the scheduled QF31 Dep from SYD-LHR this afternoon.

And the 3rd A380 is due back in service tomorrow.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles...380-fleet.html

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Interesting. Its a Microbiological contamination of the fuel. You shock treat the fuel tanks to try and get rid of the organism that lives in the water.

I remember when this was an issue for Ansett-ANA and its Electras.

It's an ongoing problem for pretty much all kerosene-fueled aeroplanes.
There's a fungus that grows in the boundary between the fuel and any water in the tanks. On smaller aeroplanes you can use stuff called Prist to help kill it, but it's really nasty stuff.
I suspect that for at least the last decade or so, the fuel companies have been adding something to they fuel to help inhibit the growth of the fungus as I haven't seen Prist used for quite a long time.
I personally refused to go near Prist as it's so dangerous to humans.

It is a problem for all aircraft.As stated you place a powder in the fuel tanks this should then treat the problem.It was first noticed on the DC9 Aircraft wheich had to have it removed.The BAE146 were scrapped because some of them were so bad.