Aircraft fuel storage system

An aircraft fuel storage system, comprising:

• a fuel tank comprising a chamber for storing fuel, the chamber comprising a first side, a second side, and a base connecting the first side to the second side;
• a collector external to the chamber;
• a first conduit and a second conduit, each of the first and second conduits fluidically coupling the chamber to the collector so that fuel is freely passable from the chamber to the collector via the respective first and second conduits;
• wherein the first and second conduits open into the chamber at respective first and second conduit openings;
• wherein the first conduit opening is nearer to the first side than the second conduit opening is to the first side;
• wherein the second conduit comprises a second conduit lock portion that is nearer to the first side than the second conduit opening is to the first side;
• and,
• wherein the fuel tank comprises a trough comprising the base, the trough extending from the first side to the second side in the chamber, and wherein the first and second conduit openings open into the trough.