unporting

Verb

unport (third-person singular simple present unports, present participle unporting, simple past and past participle unported)

1. (intransitive) To flow away from, and, thus, fail to enter, its intake or drain port.
2. (transitive) To cause (a liquid such as fuel or oil) to flow away from, and, thus, fail to enter, its intake or drain port.
   • Further, the apparent difficulties with the left engine could be explained by unporting of whatever fuel remained in the left tank. Conditions would have been conducive to unporting if, for example, the airplane was in a left bank and in a nose-right sideslip following the loss of the right engine...2002 August 26, National Transportation Safety Board, Crash of Executive Airlines Jetstream 3101, Bear Creek Township, Pennsylvania, May 21, 2000, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021, Engine...