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Old 24th Jan 2020, 19:50
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Rwy in Sight
 
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Originally Posted by Spooky 2
No it defaults to what ever fuel it takes to equal the MLW without crew action, BUT the crew can modify this number.
But if the "certain amount dumped" was intended to get down to MLW, it's hard to see that being achieved by dumping for only 15 minutes.
So there was not enough time orbiting over the ocean to dump the amount of fuel down to MLW? When did the dumping stop?
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