The FAA has proposed a sweeping set of new regulations in 14CFR Parts 25, 91, 121, 125, and 129 to help eliminate the possibility of fuel-tank explosions by reducing flammability of large aircraft fuel tanks. The proposed rules are published in Notice No. 05-14, dated November 23, 2005.
After seven years of research, the FAA has concluded that unless the aviation industry tackles this problem, "nine more transport category airplanes will likely be destroyed by a fuel-tank explosion in the next 50 years." Since 1960, 17 airplanes were destroyed by fuel-tank explosions, four of which killed passengers. "Although we cannot forecast precisely when these accidents …
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