Fuel dumping (or a fuel jettison) is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after takeoff...
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Sea by the Soviet Union. Dumped at 20 sites from 1959 to 1992, total of 222,000 m3 including reactors and spent fuel. Dumping occurred from 1948 to 1982...
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they continued to dump fuel at low altitude when they weren't in a fuel-dumping area, and didn't advise ATC that they were dumping fuel". Abend noted that...
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collecting waste Fuel dumping, used to lighten the aircraft's weight and flammability in certain emergency situations Equivalent dumping coefficient, used...
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as fuel is burned during the flight). The center of gravity may change over the duration of the flight as the aircraft's weight changes due to fuel burn...
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Jettison (aviation) (section Fuel jettison)
from the aircraft by use of explosive bolts or a mechanism. Fuel jettisoning or fuel dumping is an emergency procedure used by crews to reduce the weight...
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Delta jet fuel-dumping on schoolkids". CTVNews. Retrieved 2024-03-10. Abend, Les (2020-01-22). "Pilot: The mystery of Delta flight's fuel dump". CNN. Retrieved...
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makes this a popular display for airshows, or as a finale to fireworks. Fuel dumping is used primarily to reduce the weight of an aircraft to avoid a heavy...
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with fuel, was too heavy to land safely in the limited space of the harbor, so the crew elected to dump fuel before landing. While fuel dumping was in...
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functioning. The emergency fuel dumping pumps were also malfunctioning; sometimes they stopped functioning at all, only to resume dumping fuel minutes later. At...
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