09.05.2011 05.Ijar, 5771 Gedenktag; Tag 20 des Omer; Ta'anit BH"B
Verschmutzung:
Cleanup to take weeks / State considering using dirty, but filtered jet fuel
El Al and Paz Oil have yet to complete analysis of a filtering system test, but preliminary results seem to show the unidentified oily substance can be filtered out successfully.
Four days after all flights leaving Israel were grounded – based on fears of contaminated jet fuel at the airports – Israeli aviation authorities are considering allowing the use of the suspect fuel, after it is filtered.
It will likely take weeks to drain the jet fuel infrastructure and storage facilities at the airport and clean them properly, officials said after a meeting yesterday between National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau and various bodies involved. Representatives from the IDF, Paz Oil, the Israel Airports Authority, Oil Refineries and various government ministries were present at the meeting….