🚨 When a single mix-up at the fuel truck almost ends in disaster…

April 23, 2023 — Page, Arizona.
A Learjet 35A (N135SH) asked to be topped off with Jet A + FSII/PRIST.
Instead, it received 674 gallons of fuel contaminated with Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) — because a fueler accidentally poured the clear DEF into the wrong tank on the truck. Result?
• Erratic engine temperatures & fuel flow
• Right engine → total power loss
• Left engine → partial failure
• Yawing and “pulsing” mid-flight
Only exceptional piloting prevented a tragedy. (NTSB Final Report WPR23LA167)
This keeps happening. DEF, water, polymers, wrong additives — they slip through because traditional checks are slow or skipped.
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Critical decisions depend on fast, accurate insight across aviation, trucking, marine, and industrial fuel chains.
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