PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - 9 Hurt in Air Transat Emergency Landing in Azores
Old 26th Aug 2001, 15:23
  #69 (permalink)  
Denzil
 
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: ???
Age: 59
Posts: 453
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Lightbulb

Just for your info gents the jettison fuel dump rate is 1150Kg's (2536Lb's) a minute and has two switches required for it's use (arm & active). Jettison should cease when either one of the two switches are deselected, inner tank low level sensors are dry or the fuel quantity reaches the preselected figure in the FMGEC (flight management and guidance envelope computers). It will be very interesting to find the source of the fuel leak.
Must agree with all other (positive) comments regarding the crew, a job very well done.
Denzil is offline