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...

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...

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...

collecting waste Fuel dumping, used to lighten the aircraft's weight and flammability in certain emergency situations Equivalent dumping coefficient, used...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

functioning. The emergency fuel dumping pumps were also malfunctioning; sometimes they stopped functioning at all, only to resume dumping fuel minutes later. At...