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Planes are safe to land fully loaded, but not designed for doing it repeatedly. The undercarriage, IIRC, needs a separate inspection after such landing. This i
by rich_sasha 5y ago
Planes are safe to land fully loaded, but not designed for doing it repeatedly. The undercarriage, IIRC, needs a separate inspection after such landing.
This is why, time permitting, planes will first burn off or drop fuel before doing an unplanned landing.
- chrisandchris 5y agoWhile it‘s technically true that they can land fully loaded, using the word „safe“ is not ideal [1]. They _can_ land fully loaded but you are exceeding the maximum weight for landing which is neither advised by the manufacturer nor is it guaranteed that nothing will break. So if you it‘s not an emergency that requires immediate landing, you won‘t go for it. [1] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/33253 https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/33253
- rich_sasha 5y agoYeah that’s better said.