What happens when a plane dumps fuel mid-flight
You’re probably already familiar with the concept of a plane dumping fuel, an important process designed to dramatically decrease an aircraft’s weight in emergency situations when it has to land earlier than it’s supposed to.
But have you ever wondered what this process looks like?
Well, thanks to one traveller, we can see it first-hand.
Jeff Lambert, who was on the San Francisco-bound Qantas flight which had to return to Sydney quickly after taking off, filmed the following video of a fuel dump in action.
Here’s the plane dumping fuel, got an hour out of Sydney and told there was an issue with the autopilot not working and needed to head back😒 pic.twitter.com/cW6Dj1FuR8
— Jeff Lambert (@JeffLambert8) October 21, 2017
Lambert captioned the video, writing, “Here’s the plane dumping fuel, got an hour out of Sydney and told there was an issue with the autopilot not working and needed to head back.”
Have you ever encountered this on your travels?
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