Water injection (engine)
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In internal combustion engines, water injection, also known as anti-detonant injection, can spray water into the incoming air or air–fuel mixture, or directly into the combustion chamber to cool certa
A "wet" takeoff of a KC-135 with J57 engines
FW 190 with BMW 801 engine getting up to 110 kW (150 hp) extra from water injection mixture
BMW 801 aircraft engine at the BMW Museum
2016 BMW M4 GTS
Olympic Airways Flight 411
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Olympic Airways Flight 411 was an international flight from Ellinikon International Airport bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport and operated by Olympic Airways using a Boeing 747-200. On A
Water injection (engine)
…for its Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines. Filling the tanks with jet fuel instead of water led to the 1971 Paninternational Flight 112 crash. In 1978, Olympic Airways Flight 411 had to abort and return to its take-off airport due to a failure of the water injection system or its processes. A limited number of road vehicles with…
SX-OAA, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1976
View from the Areopagus of the Hill of the Nymphs, with Mount Aigaleo in the distance