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Not all airplanes can dump their fuel. Only the bigger ones can. I once had to fly circles around an airport for 5 hours to burn up the fuel, because the airpla
by Avalaxy 7y ago
Not all airplanes can dump their fuel. Only the bigger ones can. I once had to fly circles around an airport for 5 hours to burn up the fuel, because the airplane couldn't dump it.
- goodcanadian 7y agoThey generally only dump fuel over the ocean. Not great from an environmental perspective, but at least it isn't landing on people's houses or farm land.
- RandomBacon 7y agoThey generally dump over the ocean because there is less air traffic there, nothing to do with the fuel itself. Jet fuel disapates in a few thousand feet. You won't notice it if a jet dumps fuel over you.