ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) An Air Force cleanup system used for sucking fuel contamination from Albuquerque groundwater has been out of service for most of this month. The Albuquerque Journal reports that new documents show Kirtland Air Force Base's new jet fuel spill cleanup system shut down May 31 after its control system malfunctioned.
Officials say the Air Force initially hoped it would only be down for 72 hours, but it took around two weeks to repair. Details were outlined in an Air Force report to the New Mexico Environment Department.
According to officials, the machine was running again June 12. But base civil engineer Brent Wilson told the newspaper Wednesday that other problems continue to plague the system, which is now only running intermittently as workers try to fix it.
