50 Tons of Fuel Dumped over Zurich - Edelweiss Flight 24

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50 Tons of Fuel Dumped over Zurich - Edelweiss Flight 24

 

ZURICH, Switzerland - On Wednesday, 1 January 2020, an Edelweiss Air Airbus A340-300 Flight 24 from Zurich to Cancun was climbing out of Zurich's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb due to an abnormal indication for engine number 3 - which later turned out to be a false indication. The crew shut the engine down, dumped 50 tons of fuel, and returned to Zurich for a safe landing on runway 16. The aircraft remained on the ground for another 1.5 hours, then departed again and reached Cancun with a delay of about 3.5 hours.

 

 

What happens when you dump 50 tons of fuel only 12,000 feet above Zurich?

 

 

[Ando]

Lot’s of waxie windscreens. 

 

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

...What happens when you dump 50 tons of fuel only 12,000 feet above Zurich?

 

That question has always intrigued me. In the biography of Charles Ulm there is mention of Kingsford Smith having to dump a couple of tonnes of petrol after an aborted takeoff. One of his backers quietly paid compensate to lots of housewives for the damage to their laundry.

 

 

[facthunter]

At any reasonable height it's supposed to evaporate. Time permitting, they will designate an area clear of other traffic. That's avtur. JP5 would evaporate even more quickly. . Nev