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There are two possible interpretations of GP's question. I took the opposite one of the one you did. "Can the fuel be transferred more quickly than engines cons

There are two possible interpretations of GP's question. I took the opposite one of the one you did. "Can the fuel be transferred more quickly than engines consume it, such that there is a risk of the wing tanks becoming overfilled from the center tank?" is the one I took. You took "Can the fuel be transferred fast enough such that there is no risk of engine fuel starvation?" which is also valid.

kayodelycaon 3y ago
Fuel tanks have vents to prevent overfilling from damaging them. From one of the Boeing documents I found, the 767-400ER will vent tanks into the fuel dumping system, passively pushing the excess overboard.
- sokoloff 3y ago
  That fuel was presumably loaded for a reason. Pushing it overboard still represents a risk to the flight.
  - jychang 3y ago
    The alternative would be a burst fuel tank. I think I prefer the “dump fuel” failure mode.