A Mystery Substance Wreaks Havoc on Flight 780 - a podcast by Smithsonian Channel

Lab analysis reveals that a faulty valve on Cathay Pacific Flight 780 is an absorbent polymer, used in refueling trucks to prevent water from getting into the aircraft fuel tanks. So how did it end...

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