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JanetFlight 19th Mar 2021 21:57

Jettison at Venezuela
 
Another incident that could have been much worse...yesterday @ Caracas

https://youtu.be/stX5ULwXEeA

DaveReidUK 19th Mar 2021 22:26

Fuel jettison wouldn't look like that, even if the MD-80 had that facility.

JanetFlight 19th Mar 2021 22:37

Indeed... I was being a lil bit of ironic 👌

barry lloyd 19th Mar 2021 22:43

Just what I would expect from Venezuela. The RFFS take an age to turn up. The ground staff are too busy taking video footage on their mobile phones to do anything useful. It seems that they had no idea of the potential consequences, which is particularly worrying. Did they think it was water?

DogTailRed2 19th Mar 2021 22:44

Arn't you meant to turn off mobile phones while refuelling?
Guess that doesn't apply when it's pouring out the wing.

lomapaseo 20th Mar 2021 00:33

I would check for a cabin service vehicle with some scrapes on the handrails

Eric Janson 20th Mar 2021 01:48

Looks more like a failure of a valve in the fuel system - jmho

Fly3 20th Mar 2021 02:31

It looks more like fuel venting from a surge tank.

dixi188 20th Mar 2021 08:50

I would think a check valve failure or similar in the fuel system causing the vent/surge tank to overfill. Turn off the pumps and it should stop soon.
Had somthing similar on a BAe 146 years ago.

Australopithecus 20th Mar 2021 23:08

I had exactly that happen on a 737-400. It started about a second after I had walked beneath it during a pre-flight. I only juuuust missed a kero shower. Fuel trucks have an impressive delivery rate when viewed at close quarters.

AAKEE 21st Mar 2021 13:51

Lets hop they didnt forget to disconnect the fuel truck before the flight ?


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