Simviation Forum - man this one hurts

Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 8:32pm

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Reply #1 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 9:09pm

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Ooof...

Man, those rookies... Roll Eyes

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Reply #2 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 9:16pm

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Geez, I wonder if the PIC lost his/her job, he or she no doubt caused more than a few thousand in damage.

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Reply #3 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 9:30pm

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Wow, I'll bet that made an interesting sound. Reminds me of the time I was on a school swimming trip and our bus driver bottomed the bus out and got it stuck-lol.

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Reply #4 - Aug 3^rd, 2004 at 10:51pm

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now thats a butt first landing Grin

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Reply #5 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 8:53am

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Geez, I wonder if the PIC lost his/her job, he or she no doubt caused more than a few thousand in damage.

Not to forget the environmental damage he did because of dumping fuel over the black forest... Roll Eyes

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Reply #6 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 9:13am

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Not to forget the environmental damage he did because of dumping fuel over the black forest... Roll Eyes

I'll bet it wasn't that bad.

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Reply #7 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 9:40am

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Not as bad as damaging an aircraft,huh? Roll Eyes

They had to dump serveral tons of fuel.

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Reply #8 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 7:18pm

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I wonder if they where passeges and what they would feel

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Reply #9 - Aug 4^th, 2004 at 8:13pm

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Not as bad as damaging an aircraft,huh? Roll Eyes

They had to dump serveral tons of fuel.

No, the environment is much more important than an aircraft, but most of the fuel probably evaporated before hitting the ground so it probably did not damage the forest that badly.

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Reply #10 - Aug 5^th, 2004 at 8:12am

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And what about the atmosphere? Wink

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Reply #11 - Aug 5^th, 2004 at 8:17am

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wouldnt be much worse than the jet exhaust from it anyway. Now if we were talking about this happening all the time then there would be an enviromental problem. Doubt the PIC would have have been fired for this, it happens maybe a reprimand. Then again i dont know company policy in this case so i could be wrong.

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Reply #12 - Aug 5^th, 2004 at 12:18pm

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Talk about an expensive, simple mistake... Beyond the obvious damage to the aircraft and environment, consider the cost of all the fuel he dumped, and the cost of moving all those passengers to a new flight. Good thing they have insurance I guess. Shouldn't there be a quicker way to dump fuel in an emergency like this? 40 minutes seems like a long time to fly around, dumping fuel, wondering if your tail is about to fall off...

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Reply #13 - Aug 5^th, 2004 at 3:50pm

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I have to agree with Exploder on this one. Some years ago an airliner dumped fuel on a field in the Gatwick area by mistake. The captain was reprimanded but nothing has grown in that field ever since.

It's obviously necessary in an emergency but there's really nowhere you can dump that amount of fuel safely without affecting the environment in some way. If it goes in the sea, which is the usual "dumping ground" around here, it affects everything living there, maybe for many years afterwards. We're gradually polluting the food we depend on to survive. I don't know the answer.

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Reply #14 - Aug 5^th, 2004 at 4:03pm

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Just out of curosity, is dumping the fuel in this cases like this done to help minimize the risk of fire in the event of a crash (since the damage to the plane is unknown) or is it standard for all early "emergency type" landings due to weight and aircraft balance?

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