Started by Alistair Grant (@captain_al) ·
why planes dump fuel (and when they can't)
Plenty of airliners can't dump fuel at all, so in an emergency they either circle to burn it off or do an overweight landing and get inspected afterwards.
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- “why do planes dump fuel before landing”
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- “overweight landing vs fuel dump”
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- “why do planes dump fuel before landing” (google.com)
- Fuel dumping (en.wikipedia.org)
- Maximum landing weight (en.wikipedia.org)
- “overweight landing vs fuel dump” (reddit.com)
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