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15th Jan 2020, 03:38

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misd-agin

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Continuing to dump fuel at 2,800’ (previous posters altitude/ground track comparison) vs stopping at 5000’/6000’ is only about 20,000 lbs weight difference. They wouldn’t have been within 20,000 lbs of their limiting landing weight.

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