An aircraft includes an overpressure valve with a sealing member which is moveable, in response to a first pressure differential across the valve, between a closed position and an open position. The overpressure valve further has a frangible portion, for example, a carbon or sheet metal disc. The frangible portion is arranged to fail in response to a second pressure differential across the valve, the second pressure differential being more than the first pressure differential. Thus the valve is still able to relieve pressure when the sealing member is jammed (due to ice, for example). The valve may be in the surge tank of a fuel tank system.
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