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AMSMAN From Ireland, joined Jan 2002, 1016 posts, RR: 7
Posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 2818 times:

What happens to the fuel when an a/c dumps it? does it rain down, does it evaporate?

Can somebody help?

Thanks in advance
AMS

Aer Lingus, Proud to be Irish.

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Dan2002 From United States of America, joined Dec 2002, 2055 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 2775 times:

When it comes out of the a/c it looks like a contrail. Some evaporates but most little dropplets rain down but are hardly noticed. If the a/c is high most of it doesnt even make it all the way down.

Hope this helps

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AMSMAN From Ireland, joined Jan 2002, 1016 posts, RR: 7
Reply 2, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2746 times:

So the bits that do make it down, say on a person, doesnt it do any harm to that person? What type of fuel is it anyway?

Aer Lingus, Proud to be Irish.

Doug_Or From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 3158 posts, RR: 4
Reply 3, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 2726 times:

I was under the impression most fuel dumped above 5000' would evaporate.

When in doubt, one B pump off

Toner From United States of America, joined Feb 2003, 268 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2718 times:

It's basically kerosene, anf ib small amounts, harmless.

Jetguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 6 days ago) and read 2707 times:

I don't have any exact data on this, but several years ago a met a guy who had flown some of the certification test flights for Lear when they certified fuel dumping on the Lear 25. He told me that the fuel was basically atomized and evaporated within about 35 feet. He told me that they made progressively lower high-speed passes down the runway while dumping fuel and they never detected any fuel below above about 35' AGL. That's a Learjet, and the amount and flow rate of the dump would be significantly less than a larger airplane.

EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2
Reply 6, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2646 times:

Water evaporates.

Fuel does the same thing, so where does it end up? Are people really that stupid, or do they just not get the concept? Does evaporation = hyperspace? How many times has this topic been covered? ANYTHING that evaporates stays in the ATMOSPHERE and will RETURN TO EARTH, most likely in a LIQUID FORM.

EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 2639 times:

Better yet,

Does a phase change mean something is "gone??" One can't SEE the WATER VAPOR in the air at 85% humidity, 97F...but IT'S STill THERE. Does anyone on this forum know anything about chemistry or basic science? PLEASE do a search on this topic. It has been repeated more than the winglet question.

EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2
Reply 8, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2628 times:

What do you geniuses think acid rain is?

Byproducts of the COMBUSTION of HYDROCARBONS (largely sulfur) that remain IN THE ATMOSPHERE until CONDENSATION (rain!!!).

EssentialPowr From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 1820 posts, RR: 2
Reply 9, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2629 times:

No, Sulfur is not a hydrocarbon...

Olympic A-340 From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 780 posts, RR: 11
Reply 10, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 2457 times:

Hydrocarbon+ O2---> CO2 + H20...as you can see the byproduct is present within the water vapor in the atmosphere. It does not vanish (contrary to popular belief Smile/happy/getting dizzy

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Flyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3
Reply 11, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 2414 times:

When it comes out of the a/c it looks like a contrail. Some evaporates but most little dropplets rain down but are hardly noticed. If the a/c is high most of it doesnt even make it all the way down.

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Il75 From Argentina, joined May 2001, 260 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2359 times:

There was a recent incident in Auckland with a SIA B744 having a severe tail strike.

Witnesses reported a fire when the plane got airborne, and SIA sources mention a fire alarm triggered by APU damage.
In any case, the aircraft landed safely. It is stated that the crew circled the airport several times (apparently they never got higher than 1000 feet) in order to dump fuel.

It sounds strange to me you will dump fuel when you supposedly have a fire in the tail cone. Any comments on this particular?

Best regards
erico

Cx flyboy From Hong Kong, joined Dec 1999, 6339 posts, RR: 56
Reply 13, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 2361 times:

The press reports that they did not dunp fuel, because of the fire alarm, and instead performed an overweight landing, which if performed properly is not big drama really.

Mr.BA From Singapore, joined Sep 2000, 3423 posts, RR: 23
Reply 14, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 2347 times:

And also you would not have dumped it over populus area and should be done at least above 5,000 feet.

Boeing747 万岁!

Il75 From Argentina, joined May 2001, 260 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 2329 times:

Right. Thank you for the information, guys.
erico

GotAirbus From Singapore, joined May 2001, 851 posts, RR: 1
Reply 16, posted (10 years 2 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2257 times:

Il75

Witnesses reported a fire when the plane got airborne, and SIA sources mention a fire alarm triggered by APU damage.
In any case, the aircraft landed safely. It is stated that the crew circled the airport several times (apparently they never got higher than 1000 feet) in order to dump fuel.

I hope that the airport has extra shielding from the fuel being dumped by the 744...

Actually, that was my next question. Dump fuel at 1000ft and lower and it'll rain down, right?

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Mirrodie From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 7419 posts, RR: 65
Reply 17, posted (10 years 2 months 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2135 times:

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EssentialPowr et al,

thanks for the very friendly explanation.

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TAA_Airbus From Australia, joined Nov 1999, 726 posts, RR: 0
Reply 18, posted (10 years 1 month 4 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2009 times:

EssentialPower,

It looks like you are talking to yourself there buddy. You made 3 posts in a row.

In Australia, dumping fuel is no longer standard practice. When practical, it is recommended that fuel be burned off rather than dumped.

TAA, The Friendly Way

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