SR111: Vent Or Dump?
Anyone know the answer?
"We are declaring an emergency at time zero one two four. . . . We are starting vent now. We have to land immediately."
The term vent has investigators puzzled.
Did the pilot mean he was dumping fuel through the vents in the wings designed for that purpose?
Or that the smoke had got so bad the crew had actually opened the side windows in the cockpit?