Re: Aircraft's discharge of fuel

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 01:18:59 +0100, Alasdair wrote:

In the following news item
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6606375.stm
we are told that the pilot of an aircraft dumped fuel to return to
Manchester Airport to attend to a faulty engine.

Are airlines allowed to do this as I can see it causing a lot of
damage and possible danger on the ground? Think of the effect of
aviation fuel on a busy motorway especially to motorcyclists!

Allowed? Required ;)

In that incident the aircraft was essentially fine and under control,
so they will have climbed to several thousand feet before dumping the
fuel; it does this via spray nozzles so that what is dumped is a fine,
easily evaporating mist - none of it will have reached the ground in
liquid form.

And I bet that under a Civil Aviation act, they are immune to being sued!

Possibly.

.

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