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Old 27th August 2004 | 11:25
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cdb
 
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UK Regs

In the UK we say that fuel dumping should be over 10,000' agl and over the sea if possible, so it all evaporates. In extremis, it can be dumped above 7,000'agl in winter and 4,000'agl in summer. The powers that be have decided that this is high enough that none of it reaches the ground.
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