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Old 21st Nov 2016, 13:14
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lomapaseo
 
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extremely minimal risk to the engines to fly into dumped fuel. Mostly because it's dispersed over seconds in an airstream

A directed fuel leak is another story and if ingested directly into an engine core will cause the engine to surge/stall often emitting flames out the inlet. Military fighters with long inlets are spectacular in this case,

High-bypass engines on large jets are more likely to centrifuge the fuel out the bypass. Its a stretch of combinations but one is more likely to get into trouble sucking pooled fuel off a runway surface if going very slow.
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