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Your parent mentioned these were planes for a commuter airline. So they were probably pressurized.

• bogomipz 8y ago
  That's what I thought maybe as well but with a commuter airline plane could you fix a problem with the fuel takes with a pocket knife? The OP stated: >"they noticed the fuel tanks in the back were buckled inward. They weren't vented properly. A pocket knife solved the problem" This males me think it was something much smaller that would have fuel takes within arms reach or not much further away.
  • toopsss 8y ago
    Op clarified it was a Cessna 421, so indeed pressurized. When these are ferried they put fuel tanks inside the cabin (these are called ferry tanks unsurprisingly), so they were indeed within arms reach.
    • bogomipz 8y ago
      Yeah I didn't see his edit until after I posted that. I've actually been on one these as part of a commercial "island hopper" flight. Cheers.