US President Trump said at a press conference that the US Navy is investigating the cause of two aircraft crashes on the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier in the South China Sea yesterday, and the contamination of fuel on the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier is considered one of the possible reasons for the aircraft falling into the sea. Trump said, "It could be poor fuel quality. This is unusual... they think it might be poor fuel quality. We will find out the truth. There's nothing to hide."
US media reported that according to sources familiar with the preliminary results of the US Navy's investigation, the main cause of the two aircraft falling into the sea was the contaminated fuel of the F/A-18F and MH-60R helicopters. However, these sources emphasized that the final conclusion has not been reached, and a full investigation may take several months.
All carrier-based aircraft of the US Navy use JP-5 aviation kerosene, which is usually replenished by fleet oilers of the US Navy's Military Sealift Command, and the oilers obtain fuel from bases approved by the Pentagon, which are distributed around the world. The entire fuel handling process goes through a series of tests and filters to detect any possible contaminants. The fuel carried by the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier has already been tested and filtered.
When refueling aircraft on the aircraft carrier deck, the fuel must undergo purity checks and multiple filtrations before being drawn from the fuel tanks and pumped into the planes through the deck refueling hoses. These tasks on the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier are carried out by the V-4 squadron, whose sailors are humorously called "Grapes" because they wear purple baseball shirts and vests. Currently, the US Navy's investigation into the accident on the "Nimitz" aircraft carrier mainly starts with the sailors of the V-4 squadron.
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