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Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: Dulles Watcher ()
Date: July 23, 2007 01:57PM

May be forced to attempt a "crash landing" without the front nosegear.

Someone go take pictures!

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: m4ilm4n ()
Date: July 23, 2007 02:35PM

According to News4 it landed safely.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/13737370/detail.html

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: joe ()
Date: July 23, 2007 10:59PM

I wonder why they didn't just dump the fuel? They were circling around at 26,000ft.

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: July 24, 2007 08:28AM

joe Wrote:
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> I wonder why they didn't just dump the fuel? They
> were circling around at 26,000ft.

im sure they have a button labeled "dump fuel" because that would be a great idea.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."095042938540

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: Fairfax MF---er ()
Date: July 24, 2007 10:20AM

joe Wrote:
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> I wonder why they didn't just dump the fuel? They
> were circling around at 26,000ft.


1. Small jets can't dump fuel. Only a few of the large ones are designed to do it.

2. If the jet was inbound, most of its fuel was probably used up anyway (airlines try not to put more fuel than necessary on a plane because the extra weight adds to the cost of the flight).

3. You can't dump fuel over land. The jet would need to fly out over the Atlantic to do it.

Still wondering?

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: hellothere ()
Date: July 24, 2007 10:34AM

How often do you think jet fuel is dumped in the Atlantic? I've been to beaches where globs of oil wash up on the beach (Palm Beach County) and I assumed it was from ships. I never considered jet fuel! Oil on the beach was so common that there were wipes to clean your feet as you left the beach. I've had this happen in the USVI too.

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: Fairfax MF---er ()
Date: July 24, 2007 11:06AM

hellothere Wrote:
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> How often do you think jet fuel is dumped in the
> Atlantic? I've been to beaches where globs of oil
> wash up on the beach (Palm Beach County) and I
> assumed it was from ships. I never considered jet
> fuel! Oil on the beach was so common that there
> were wipes to clean your feet as you left the
> beach. I've had this happen in the USVI too.


I doubt it happens very often. If the plane is high enough, I'm sure a lot of the fuel evaporates before it hits the ocean. The oil is probably from ships and offshore rigs.

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: KeepOnTruckin ()
Date: July 24, 2007 05:37PM

why cant you dump it over land? jet fuel is just kerosene. Sure it might kill some plants but if they do it in a not so populated area (admittably hard to find around here, but maybe west) whats the issue

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 24, 2007 05:44PM

why cant you dump it over land? jet fuel is just kerosene.

Hmmm... probably because most people wouldn't really appreciate thousands of gallons of flammable liquids sprayed onto places where they live or work. Just a guess though....

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: KeepOnTruckin ()
Date: July 24, 2007 05:46PM

hence the next part of my post

I thought i heard Fox 5 say the pilot was dumping fuel. THe plane had just taken off.

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: July 24, 2007 06:03PM

http://aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0245b.shtml

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: hellothere ()
Date: July 24, 2007 06:31PM

Thanks for the great link Meeper!

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: 496 ()
Date: July 24, 2007 10:06PM

Too bad it didn't crash and take ou Chantilly, or better yet, Centerville.

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: pyramids17 ()
Date: July 24, 2007 11:00PM

Oh snap, Meeper just pwned some noobs

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: joe ()
Date: July 25, 2007 02:57PM

Alkanes evaporate very easily, which is why you don't have to worry about dropping the mainly kerosene fuel. Ever noticed how when you put alcohol on your skin, it feels cold? That's because it is evaporating. The fuel never reaches the ground.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/2007 09:55PM by joe.

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Re: Plane circling dulles airport with nosegear problems
Posted by: centreville jim ()
Date: April 18, 2020 04:40PM

496 Wrote:
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> Too bad it didn't crash and take ou Chantilly, or
> better yet, Centerville.

What you got against Centreville?

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