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Old Mar 8, 2007 | 1:03 pm
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Originally Posted by dunk
colleagues had an "aborted" take-off last week on KL AMS-LHR. Captain thought he might have grounded the tail, so flew around for 45 mins to burn off fuel then landed back in Schiphol.
That's not an aborted takeoff. An aborted takeoff is when the takeoff is aborted and the airplane stops on the runway. If you get airborne then it was a takeoff.

I assume 737s can't dump fuel - or the North Sea is too busy with shipping ...
Most airplanes do not have a fuel dump system. They are mostly on the larger widebodies though not all wideboies have them.
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