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Fuel dumping is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after take-off, or before landing short of its destination to reduce the landing weight.
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How is fuel dumping safe?
The answers to this this question make it clear how modern airliners dump fuel in the case of an emergency. As far as I understand, fuel dumping might be done to lower an aircraft's weight to the maxi …