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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by dylan604 on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:31AM (#44258261)
9/11 showed us the damages of a plane crash with a full load of fuel can do and goes to show why dumping fuel is part of the procedures when planes are coming inf for a landing under "strained" conditions.
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Re:Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more... by sokoloff on Thursday June 12, 2025 @11:42AM (#44259062)
Fuel dumping is overwhelmingly to prevent or minimize an overweight landing and subsequent brake/tire overheating and inspections. It’s got not much to do with minimizing fuel-fed fire after impact.
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