Nation wide fuel contamination alert issued by CASA and effective on Christmas Eve on the Mobil and BP aviation fuel used in piston engined aircraft operating in east coast OZ

Various news articles on the Mobil avgas crisis, click HERE to view in text format - use your browser command to return to this page

CASA Airworthiness Directive HERE

AOPA Fax HERE

• "I am worried about this Mobil fuel contamination thing because I see it increasing the price of Avgas. It may even persuade Mobil to vacate the market (and one less competitor means much higher prices)
  
  And from Jim Hazelton: He said "I see this fiasco leading to a 10c/litre increase in Avgas prices"