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In a flight that long that you arent that far into, landing early for a diversion requires dumping fuel (for up to an hour on larger aircraft) or risking the li
by hueving 10y ago
In a flight that long that you arent that far into, landing early for a diversion requires dumping fuel (for up to an hour on larger aircraft) or risking the lives of the other passengers because the plane is over maximum landing weight.
So it very much is a case by case analysis of balancing the urgency for one passenger with the damage to the environment (dumped fuel) + risk to other passengers for a heavy landing + risks to other passengers from imposing a delay (e.g. Another passenger flying to a surgery).
- sitkack 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dumping https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dumping
- gizmodo59 10y agoI just read the wiki about fuel dumping. Based on that it seems less likely that most of the passenger flights have fuel dumping capabilities. Nice read though.
- TylerE 10y agoYou can always dump it the hard way... fly slow, with the aircraft in a high drag configuration (e.g. flaps out, possibly gear down as well if the speeds allow it) and lots of throttle.