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Is that legal ?

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David

David Report 24 Feb 2019 11:52

I watched on Y**Tube recently a Boeing with multiple engine failure shortly after take off.The crew informed the airport of the emergency seeking permission to land.
The pilot dumped 53 tons of fuel before making a text book landing. Is the dumping of the fuel legal ?

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 24 Feb 2019 11:59

It evaporates, David.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 24 Feb 2019 11:59

Yes. It lessens the risk of the plane catching fire when it lands.

The alternative is to endlessly circling until it's burnt off.
With 'multiple engine failures', there'd be a risk that it would crash before that happened.

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Feb 2019 12:15

Needs must and a burning plane might well cause a great deal more pollution jettisoned fuel, not to mention the lives it would take.

Kense

Kense Report 24 Feb 2019 12:19

Also the aircraft just after takeoff would be too heavy to land safely. Airliner max takeoff weight is usually significantly more than the landing weight.

Caroline

Caroline Report 24 Feb 2019 12:25

Happens more often than you think David.

David

David Report 24 Feb 2019 12:31

I was curious. The aircraft's intended destination was Shanghai but 20 20 minutes out of he port then the starboard engines failed. By then they had flwn over many miles of fields. The jettisoned fuel appeared to be coming out of the end of the wing. 53 tons is a lot of fuel to dump on fields. The crew didn't inform the passengers until the Boeing was almost ready to land.

Caroline

Caroline Report 24 Feb 2019 12:36

They'll do it over fields or water as said it evaporates and is MUCH safer than trying to land at that stage which is basically impossible.

David

David Report 24 Feb 2019 13:07

Off topic, there was a crew of three in the cockpit, the pilot, a co pilot and one other.
The instrumentation was dazzling.
So how on the 11/9/2001 a drop out Arab pilot who had never before flown a Boeing could capture one in flight and fly it with skill into the WTC beats me.

Sharron

Sharron Report 24 Feb 2019 13:12

He might not have been aiming at that building at all.

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 24 Feb 2019 13:21

Skilled navigators. It used to be a three-year course .... not sure what they do now, but flying hours are key, so, come on, David, the clue is in one word you used - Arab PILOT.

Caroline

Caroline Report 24 Feb 2019 13:34

Let's see.....um..."playing at home" on a simulator it's not the movies he knew what he was doing!

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 24 Feb 2019 14:56

if I recall correctly one of them WAS taking flying lessons......and for some reason wasn't interested in learning the landing part!!i

JoyLouise

JoyLouise Report 24 Feb 2019 17:18

That's my recollection too, Bobtanian. I have Florida in mind ... but I could be wrong.