Hi,

In article ,
Bertie the wrote:
Yeah, I found mainstream news reports on it after I posted that. They
seem to be insisting it wasn't waxing, but actual ice in the fuel, which
would be a very rare event. i have had it happen to me using Avgas. When
100LL came out first it had a habit of keeping water in suspension. I
nearly came to grief, in fact, as did many others. that problem was
solved with 100LL AFAIK, though. When I heard about the accident first I
thought it might have been duff fuel they got in China, bu tI see no
finger pointing in that direction. in some parts of the world the fuel
is still pretty crude, being fairly wide cut. The engines sem to digest
it with no problem, but fire hazards while fueling are greatly increased
by them and I've often wondered if there are other risks. i have no idea
what they refueled with in China or how carefully the fuel's quality is
looked after.

As you say, sounds odd. Hopefully the final report will shed a bit more
light on things.

Thanks for the info.

Andy