CNN is reporting that an American Airline Flight # 862 has been diverted ddue to nose landing gear problems the flight is expected to land at Miami International AIrport.. but it will be circle aroung over the Bahamas so that they can dump enough fuel so that it can land safely...

The plane is spinning around at full speed ... I hope I heard wrong cause.. I would hate to know that fuel is been dumped around the Bahamas...

no reason to be concerned... you'd be shocked how much fuel gets dumped over this country every day

WORD is that the plane should be landing in 10 minutes anyway...

CNN is reporting that an American Airline Flight # 862 has been diverted ddue to nose landing gear problems the flight is expected to land at Miami International AIrport.. but it will be circle aroung over the Bahamas so that they can dump enough fuel so that it can land safely...
The plane is spinning around at full speed ... I hope I heard wrong cause.. I would hate to know that fuel is been dumped around the Bahamas...
do they literally mean "dump" fuel?....or does it mean keep flying to burn more fuel?

do they literally mean "dump" fuel?....or does it mean keep flying to burn more fuel?WELL, when they breaked in .. the reporter said said dump.. now they are saying burn.... and they are saying it not that HIGH of AN ALERT..

do they literally mean "dump" fuel?....or does it mean keep flying to burn more fuel?

yes, they literally dump it. all commercial jetliners come equipped with nozzles at the end of each wing for emergency fuel dumps

see below

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/fuel-dump/b777.jpg

yes, they literally dump it. all commercial jetliners come equipped with nozzles at the end of each wing for emergency fuel dumps
see below
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/fuel-dump/b777.jpg



ehhh.....walk around with umbrella time -.-

ehhh.....walk around with umbrella time -.-

it might kill the sulphur smell of the reverse osmosis plant that hangs like a pall over Nassau when the wind blows from the North east.

At one point the plane was going so fassssssst

Im nervous now

At one point the plane was going so fassssssst
Im nervous now

Maybe that wasnt the plane!:cutie:

Its landed safely! Thank God!

Its landed safely! Thank God!

Amen!~

yes, they literally dump it. all commercial jetliners come equipped with nozzles at the end of each wing for emergency fuel dumps
see below
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/fuel-dump/b777.jpg

wow...that doesnt look healthy (at all)

wow...that doesnt look healthy (at all)
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/planes/q0245b.shtml

"Modern aviation fuel comes in many varieties but all are derivatives of kerosene. Kerosene evaporates rapidly in the atmosphere and very little typically survives in liquid form to reach the Earth's surface. The exact evaporative characteristics of dumped fuel depends on a number of factors like the altitude at which it was released, the atmospheric temperature, and the dumping pressure. Kerosene dumped at high altitude on a warm day tends to evaporate fastest."

"..environmental groups have expressed concern over the potential pollution implications of fuel dumping. It has been estimated that as much as 15 million pounds of fuel was released over the world's oceans by commercial and military aircraft during the 1990s. Although kerosene poses no danger to the ozone layer, it is a petroleum product that can impact water quality much like an oil or gasoline spill. "