Originally Posted by
KAPAC
Can the aircraft defuel? Is Darwin setup for Defuel ?
The B787 can be defuelled; however, fuel that is removed from an aircraft must be stored in a separate tanker. It cannot be mixed with other fuel to reduce the risk of contamination that might affect other aircraft. They would not have been able to defuel the aircraft unless they had an empty tanker or two on hand. Many years ago, I had to defuel a B777 after a refuelling error at a Middle Eastern airport. It took the engineers several hours to find a single empty tanker.