The World - News from Aug. 30, 1985
Chinese officials reported that paint chips, rust and grime have been found in tanks containing jet fuel supplied to aircraft at Peking Airport. The disclosure comes in the wake of an incident last month in which a Pan American World Airways Airbus was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan after taking on the contaminated fuel. Chinese officials said that underground storage tanks, pipelines and tankers have since been cleaned and filters replaced.
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