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Old Aug 5, 2013 | 1:52 pm
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Originally Posted by redshift27
BA25 LHR-HKG 747 G-CIVX currently squawking 7700 (emergency) and circling over the English Channel, presumably dumping fuel.
That's a hell of a lot of fuel to dump! Anybody here know what the process is? Do they just turn on a tap and it sprays all over the sea, or do they actually burn it off?

What do other airlines do? For example if Lufthansa take off from MUC, where do they dump fuel with no nearby sea? (Maybe that belongs in the "ask the professionals" thread).
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