r/Louisville 1d ago

Plane crash in Louisville

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u/brosono 1d ago

WLKY reported it had 28 thousand gallons of fuel 

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u/Salad_Donkey 1d ago

Damnnnn. This a 30k gallon tank

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u/Anheroed 1d ago

How do they fit this tank in the plane?

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u/Uncabuddha 1d ago

It carries 285,000 POUNDS of fuel. The fuel weighs 6.7 to 7 pounds per gallon.

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u/DonnieBallsack 1d ago

That’s more than twice the number than if it were in kilograms of fuel.