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originally posted by: howmuch4another
a reply to: teslarocks
Don't worry. You can go back to watching funny cat videos.
Just more ignorance from a youtuber. This is called a fuel dump. Google it for more pics and vids.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: highfromphoenix
Because he's got a problem and would be too heavy to land safely if he didn't.
The fuel will evaporate before it hits the ground.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: highfromphoenix
Because he's got a problem and would be too heavy to land safely if he didn't.
The fuel will evaporate before it hits the ground.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: highfromphoenix
Jet fuel is essentially kerosene with additives. It evaporates extremely quickly. I've had to clean large spills on the ramp (over a hundred gallons in a large concentrated puddle) and within 45 minutes to an hour the entire puddle that hadn't been absorbed had evaporated and you couldn't even tell it had spilled in the first place.
They usually dump above 10,000 feet to ensure there's time for it to evaporate before reaching the ground. And yes, I'd be fine if they dumped over my house.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: highfromphoenix
The fuel will evaporate before it hits the ground.
originally posted by: highfromphoenix
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: highfromphoenix
Because he's got a problem and would be too heavy to land safely if he didn't.
The fuel will evaporate before it hits the ground.
Are you sure?
Is fuel even fuel for aircraft petroleum based fuel?
By "dumping" this fuel is it not a threat to the people who may live in the area?
Would you be "okay" if it was dumped over your home?
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Zaphod58
It doesn't 'go away', but remains in the atmosphere and will fall to ground eventually.
Evaporated fuel, although invisible to the naked eye, is really just dispersed so thinly and in such tiny droplets that it appears to disappear.
Traveling with the wind it can and will return to ground eventually in rain drops. Rain drops form from water condensing on particulate matter floating in the atmosphere.
"Vaporized" fuel is a form of particulate. Along with every other form of airborne pollutant.