Lawmakers demand answers after 32,000-gallon jet fuel leak at Joint Base Andrews

Joint Base Andrews leaked jet fuel for weeks before officials noticed

Joint Base Andrews detection systems failed repeatedly between January and March as jet fuel leaked into a creek that feeds the Chesapeake Bay

Military slow-rolled news of jet fuel leak at base near Washington

The Pentagon knew that Joint Base Andrews, an Air Force base just 10 miles southeast of Washington D.C., was leaking jet fuel as early as December, when the base’s fuel system failed a leak safety test. But Pentagon officials didn't tell Maryland that the base was leaking jet fuel until late March when someone on base saw oil in a nearby freshwater creek, reports NOTUS. Even after the initial call, the Pentagon withheld information about a secon…

Lawmakers demand answers after 32,000-gallon jet fuel leak at Joint Base Andrews

Maryland lawmakers demand transparency from Air Force after 32,000 gallons of jet fuel leak at Joint Base Andrews, contaminating soil and water.

Lawmakers press Air Force about delay in reporting fuel leak at Joint Base Andrews

An estimated 22,000 gallons of fuel contaminated the soil outside the base and the nearby Piscataway Creek.

Maryland lawmakers allege lack of transparency following Air Force base jet fuel leak

The 32,000-gallon jet fuel spill at Joint Base Andrews occured between January and March, contaminating soils and the Piscataway Creek.

Maryland lawmakers demand answers from Air Force about jet fuel spill at Joint Base Andrews, citing lack of transparency

Maryland lawmakers are pushing Air Force leaders for answers about a 32,000-gallon jet fuel spill on Joint Base Andrews that prompted an investigation and clean-up effort.