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If they went to burn the fuel, going somewhere and returning is easier than circling for 4 hours.
by AdrianB1 8y ago
If they went to burn the fuel, going somewhere and returning is easier than circling for 4 hours.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoEasier, but more dangerous; surely not protocol.
- angry_octet 8y agoYou would prefer to stay near an airport, rather than far away over the sea.
- sokoloff 8y agoAnd you would want to stay at low altitude, where you can burn the fuel much, much faster as well as divert more quickly if anything went south. Nothing gets better at FL360 in this situation if your intention all along was to divert.
- FabHK 8y agoNo. 1. You would not want to ascend to flight level 360 (particularly with a damaged plane). 2. You would not want to leave the vicinity of an airport (particularly with a damaged plane).