Boeing 747 Dumps Fuel

[sayeedrehan]

damn we pay for the gas and now we just throw it in the air just great!

[duncan7599]

Does anyone know what happens to the dumped fuel? Does it evaperate or does it pollute the air and ground?

[smguy101]

@duncan7599 it depends on the a/c type. on the newer planes like the 777, the fuel dump valve releases the fuel like a mist of sort and so it evaporates. On older types it just rains fuel to the ground

[wmoltke]

and here comes your golden shower baby.......

[1980power1]

fuck waset of tax tax tax

[cikkychan]

People on the ground ,,

it aint rain :)

[johnnyg8989]

It dumped fuel because its max. takeoff weight is always greater that the max. landing weight. it cant fly with the wheels down because it affects the drag of the plane, and probably would've run out of fuel somewhere over the ocean so it's just bet to dump the fuel to lose weight so they can land within the max landing wieght of the airport

[TheDreamlinera320]

how much fuel per minute is lost??????? what happens to the fuel dumped???

[renumultiplus]

@TheDreamlinera320 A man is on the ground and catches it all up so they can re-use it.

[alex054739]

@TheDreamlinera320 fly's away and cry's, because they wasted fuel for nothing

[Mayumiko]

so...how did you land since landing gears could not be retracted?

[corsa14i]

@Mayumiko the landing gear couldnt be retracted ?? so it was already out so they could land..u cant fly half way around the world with the landing gear hanging out

[nielscarp]

What a waste!

[Mayumiko]

@nielscarp More money is lost IF people die...compensation is expensive... But I agree...it's painful to watch.

[gypsykingg]

rare to see an airliner dump fuel.. they usually fly with just enough fuel to get you to your destination to save money.

[TheLiftoffExperement]

@gypsykingg Well they had to dump it because they would crash if they turned around and landed right away.

[MrMouns63]

Now you know where the fire ball comes from when an airplane crashes, Aircrafts are just flying fuel ;-) fly safe!

[chainsore]

the title to the video doesnt explain why its dumping fuel..so why did it ?

[MillyVanillification]

yeah. great. troubles with oil supplies and then this, every day a 20.000 times. lolz.

[Ronf465]

You were in the right seat to film this.

[JustinnnnChannel]

Hmmmmmm thats a lot of Dollars,Euro's In The air There that they dumping.

[BigCockvanHugenDong]

Ill be happy to sit on the wings with a bucket to collect that good stuff

[x0Recon0x]

lol yea look at all those thousands of dollars falling out

[samfisherman007]

yes its true, but the price of a 747 is thousands times thousands of dollars

[walibiworldmax]

is this fuel?!

[eclipse245]

yea....wtf kind of a question is that.

[anush10]

i bet united lost a shitload of money here

[bacnka]

It's probably pennies to United.

[latiasan]

CHEMTRAILSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[elbell206]

Why don't conspiracy theorists accept what they watch?

[ajrthepilot]

Wow look at all that money flying out of the wing

[xieshirley]

It happened almost one year ago. That time I was on the airplane with my husband and my parents. I didn't realize how bad the situation might be or might not be that time until I saw the flight attendants' crying red eyes after landing successfully. Now watching this video agaig, I found it lucky to bring my digital camera with me that time and take this video for my memory. I still fly with United. It's not the best airline to fly to Aisa, but neither the worst. Just a very convenient choice.

[MWEISS3]

watch?v=56uoBsU26o8

[mereoner]

you idiots belive any thing they fuckkking tell you. if they told you to drink mercury becuase its going to help you fuckkks would. baaaa, fuckkking sheep

[skinboy8]

OK then, tell us why YOU think they are dumping fuel? Some "chem-trail" conspiracy??

[seidelsandmann]

mereoner,you are so stupid it hurts!

What shouldn't we beleeve? That a fully loaded 747 can not land with it's wings an center tank full of fuel? It actually can't! There is also to much stress for the wings (and of course the landing gear)!

[747fanatic]

well it acutally can but its very dangerous a brithis airways flight had to do that it had received multiple cracks in the fuelslage

[iechoe]

show me a link. i don't buy it.

[gangstabrutha]

why couldnt they fucking land with the fucking fuel???????

[747fanatic]

because the plane is to heavy, the landing gear cannot take the stress from the weight

[Laptop10709]

OH i always wondered about that thanks

[goldeneagle26]

if the fuckin landing gear cannot take the stress from the weight of the plan why it did so at the first place before take off!!?? I fuckin hate things complaining about things after stepping in showing off they can take the job then start to cry demanding weird things! landing gear shouldn't been hired at the first place...

[navymmw]

what? You make no fucking sense. It is either dump fuel, or kill 300+ people and then the people on the ground.

[Corndog819]

What?

Planes fully fueled have no problems taking off, that's why there are long runways to build speed. Landing with a plane full of fuel is putting intense strain on the landing gear all at once.

[goldeneagle26]

u r wrong my friend! land slowly and let the plane touch the ground gently, there will be no problems at all!! You are right only if the pilot is scared and want to land asap, then for sure he will damage the plane even if it is empty of fuel and people and only him in it!! just take it easy, slowly, gently, take your time and every thing will be fine..

[Corndog819]

Landing slow with 15 hours worth of fuel and a payload of cargo and passengers is not exactly as easy as you make it seem.

No 747 pilot with 15 hours worth of fuel is going to feel scared and land asap especially when there are 416 lives plus crew on board. You would be sitting on a ticking time-bomb.

[larrylbs]

How long in minutes it takes a 15hrs of fuel to dump?

[Corndog819]

Hours

[redfox435cat]

this isn't a cessna dumb ass. These thing have a stalling speed fully loaded of over 180 knots. when it goes under that speed it falls out of the sky. If you trying doing a soft field approach, high angle of attack with higher power so you can fly slower, 1 the plane become uncontrollable, 2 you'll smack the tail on the runway damaging the plane and killing people. 3 you'll run out of runway

[chrisbrinzo]

Exactly! I hope these are some comments from my fellow pilots.

[clearancedelivery]

do you have any idea how hard it is just to stop one of those even low on fuel. landing with 15 hours of fuel is a guaranteed overshoot, and brake fire. know ur facts before u talk

[Airportchris2]

amen.

[Shipdocks]

Wtf are you on about. LOL. They're not gonna retract the landing gear on the ground are they, they didnt know it wasnt gonna retract did they :/ Jeez.

[airlinefreak1994]

WTF, Once their in the sky, there is a warning light telling them the landing gear wasn't retracted DUUUUUUUHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shipdocks]

Yeah i fucking know that you dumb fuck. i was replying to someone, read my comment again and maybe it'll make sense, dumbass.

[angelsfan4]

@747fanatic Then how do you think it got up?, stupid

[flybynightvideo]

Wow. $50,000 to $70,000 of fuel down the drain, if I'm doing the math right. That's got to hurt the airline a bit.

[mertelsmertz]

what a waste and an unrivaled pollution of our atmosphere!

[askewstuart]

maybe, but at least the aircraft doesnt disintergrate on landing because its too heavy and killing hundreds of passengers and crew to a horrible death! i know which i would prefer!

[rmalired]

united flight from IAD to Bejing

[tedrek]

Fuel jettison!!! Awesome sight!!