61. Jet fuel is our second-highest expense, behind salaries. 62. Last year, after supplies failed to arrive from Moscow, one Russian Far East province turned to Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co. for imports of jet fuel and gasoline. 63. Many carriers have reported weaker results in the latest quarter partly because the price of jet fuel has surged over the past year. 64. Many of the first bodies recovered from the TWA crash showed evidence of chemical burns from the jet fuel, which corrodes skin. 65. Nearly overcome by the vapors of jet fuel, many of the officers vomited violently throughout their long hours on the boats. 66. Most survivors, for example, needed new clothes because the ones they were wearing when they escaped the crash were ruined by jet fuel, mud and rain. 67. Oil is the raw material for jet fuel. 68. Others squeezed through an emergency exit, and some jumped from a wing that was ablaze with burning jet fuel. 69. Prices for oil products like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and heating oil have soared, and natural gas has become much more expensive. 70. Prices for jet fuel, made from oil, have fallen even more. |