Page 3 - Fuel Dump News Today

Its a family tradition that mike houseman has carried on for more than eight years. >> sprint cars are probably the most powerful dirt car there is. my dad raced for like 25 years. mainly here in knoxville. my brother races now. my cousin raced, my grandpa raced. so its a big kind of family deal with us. >> but on this night, the family dynasty almost comes to a tragic end. >> i remember the start of the race, starting up front, i remember running a few laps under green, then battling with anoth...

>> while i was in the air, i could feel my tank had ruptured. i started feeling the fuel dump on me. >> mikes sprint car lands right side up and immediately bursts into flames, but hes trapped in his seat, soaking in gasoline as the fire quickly surrounds him. >> i started breathing in pretty heavy amounts of fire. after a while my belts melted so i couldnt get them off. so im just thinking im probably going to die in this race car. >> raceway firefighters austin kingry and shane spaulding witne...

Pilots are faced with a difficult decision. >> the pilot advised that they needed to dump fuel. at that point they were approximately 16,000 feet. the fuel dump complicated the situation greatly. >> its a good decision to get the airplane as light as you can. its easier on the airplane. >> but delaying the landing could put the flight in even more danger. the passengers have been told they are being diverted, but there is no smoke in the cabin, and they have no idea that inside the cockpit, some...

>> trouble. >> while i was in the air, i could feel my tank had ruptured. i started feeling the fuel dump on me. >> mikes sprint car lands right side up and immediately bursts into flames, but hes trapped in his seat soaking in gasoline as the fire quickly surrounds him. >> i started breathing in pretty heavy amounts of fire. after a while my belts melted so i couldnt get them off. so im just thinking im probably going to die in this race car. >> raceway firefighters austin kingry and shane spau...

beach. at a news conference just now, city and navy officials say std they know of no fatalities, even though the fire after the crashed burned at least 40 apartments. also, the citys mayor tells cnn at least nine people including the two pilots were injured, and none of the injuries are considering ligfe-threatening. a virginia beach hospital reported it treated seven people, and except for one of the pilots all have been released. a navy spokesman revealed new details of the crash. >...

Its a family tradition that mike houseman has carried on for more than eight years. >> sprint cars are probably the most powerful dirt car there is. my dad raced for like 25 years. mainly here in knoxville. my brother races now. my cousin raced, my grandpa raced. so its a big kind of family deal with us. >> but on this night, the family dynasty almost comes to a tragic end. >> i remember the start of the race, starting up front, i remember running a few laps under green, then battling with anoth...

>> the pilot advised that they needed to dump fuel. at that point they were approximately 16,000 feet. the fuel dump complicated the situation. greatly. >> its a good decision to get the airplane as light as you can. its easier on the airplane. >> but delaying the landing could put the flight in more danger. the passengers have been told they are being diverted, but there is no smoke in the cabin, and they have no idea that inside the cockpit, something is going horribly wrong. following the smo...

Water was when i suggested that they could commence their fuel dump. that was also the time unknown to me that the aircraft began experiencing a series of critical systems failures. >> the plane begins to lose altitude. >> within a minute, they had lost several critical systems. they lost the radio contact. and very soon after that we lost the transponder. >> inside the cockpit a nightmare scenario was unfolding. fire has breached the ceiling, dripping aluminum on to the flight deck. they lose c...

>> sprint cars are probably the most powerful dirt car there is. my dad raced for like 25 years. mainly here in knoxville. my brother races now. my cousin raced, my grandpa raced. so its a big kind of family deal with us. >> but on this night, the family dynasty almost comes to a tragic end. >> i remember the start of the race, starting up front, i remember running a few laps under green, then battling with another car side by side. he kept getting closer and closer to me. >> the two drivers joc...

The air. >> trouble. >> while i was in the air, i could feel my tank had ruptured. i started feeling the fuel dump on me. >> mikes sprint car lands right side up and immediately bursts into flames, but hes trapped in his seat soaking in gasoline as the fire quickly surrounds him. >> i started breathing in pretty heavy amounts of fire. after a while my belts melted so i couldnt get them off. so im just thinking im probably going to die in this race car. >> raceway firefighters austin kingry and s...