Not with regard to this incident, about which I know very little, but on the general subject of fuel dumping/overweight landings--
There appears to be a very strong bias in the United State/FAA land against overweight landings. It is generally not trained, or even discussed in training (in my experiance), while fuel dumping is in almost every checkride in airplanes so equipped.
This is a problem, to put it mildly.
Almost every bird I flew had fuel dumping. So, we had to go through the dumping drill in the simulator because it was a proficiency requirement that came with those types.
We didn't do overweight landings in the sim because it would have served no useful purpose.
Errrr, right... I'm curious, what did they expect you to do in the sim (i.e. in real life) during a engine/cargo/cabin fire that could
not be contained? Spend 40-50 minutes dumping fuel?
With regards to airmanship and system knowledge this thread is an absolute shocker. United 232 at Sioux City? Swissair 111 near Halifax? Any lessons learned?