Dumping Fuel over Madrid - Iberia Flight 6187

Madrid, July 5, 2010. Iberia Flight 6187 Madrid to Washington Dulles. Engine failure on take-off. Fuel dump over Madrid with return to Madrid. Incident handled professionally and competently by Iberia flight crew. Upon landing, a new aircraft was assigned and efficiently reboarded with a total delay of only about 2 1/2 hours.

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Travel & Events

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• Iberia
• Fuel
• Dump
• Airbus
• 340/300

[gthrash1984]

Interesting...and very well written and appreciative description. You must not be American, otherwise you probably would have sensationalized the situation and threatened to sue the airline.

[techkid100]

What if it landed on a fire?

[StrathendrickPiper]

enough fuel to run your car for the the rest of your life

[sniperkid389]

@hormigaZ and also the plane will be too heavy to land safely

[connecttokan]

pilot doesn't necessarily dump the fuel in case of an emergency he or she will do it only when the plane is too heavy to make the landing safe

[hormigaZ]

@DDam0n Thanks for your quick answer, I did not know planes arent capable of full load landings.

[DDam0n]

@hormigaZ If they did not dump fuel the plane would be too heavy to land and the gear could collapse.

[hormigaZ]

Could someone explain me why when there is an engine failure pilots always dump the fuel? Is it only because of the risk of it exploding in a crash during a emergency landing? Thanks

[MrFel99]

No wonder that the fuel prices went up...

[Ali271194]

its raining fuel halleluja its raining fuel ...