okgood Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) ZURICH, Switzerland - On Wednesday, 1 January 2020, an Edelweiss Air Airbus A340-300 Flight 24 from Zurich to Cancun was climbing out of Zurich's runway 16 when the crew stopped the climb due to an abnormal indication for engine number 3 - which later turned out to be a false indication. The crew shut the engine down, dumped 50 tons of fuel, and returned to Zurich for a safe landing on runway 16. The aircraft remained on the ground for another 1.5 hours, then departed again and reached Cancun with a delay of about 3.5 hours. What happens when you dump 50 tons of fuel only 12,000 feet above Zurich? Edited January 3, 2020 by okgood Chris Klein - Vertical Studios http://www.vertical-studios.net/images/avsim_signature.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzl 104 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 What happens when you dump 50 tons of fuel only 12,000 feet above Zurich? It vaporizes. 12000ft is actually pretty high. Minimum fuel dumping altitude is usually between 4000-5000ft AGL, and in Europe 6000ft AGL is usually the minimum altitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzl 104 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Btw, I'm pretty sure that they didn't dump the fuel overhead the city of Zurich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leuen Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Obvisouly it has been done over middle of Switzerland and less populated areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzl 104 Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Obvisouly it has been done over middle of Switzerland and less populated areas. Less populated area? Bern is the capital of Switzerland and has over 1 million inhabitants. Edited January 4, 2020 by pzl 104 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leuen Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 And what about the Jura Alps and the Region of Emmental? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okgood Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 Bern and Bienne are quite populated. Slightly less dense than Zurich, but still. Chris Klein - Vertical Studios http://www.vertical-studios.net/images/avsim_signature.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 50 tons is a massive amount of fuel. Pretty crazy. OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pzl 104 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 If they departed at MTOW they were most likely still at or even above MLW after dumping. Nothing crazy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andiroto Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 No prob for a switz with chocolate on board: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okgood Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 50 tons is a massive amount of fuel. Pretty crazy. Well, they had planned to fly 11.5 hours to Cancun. Chris Klein - Vertical Studios http://www.vertical-studios.net/images/avsim_signature.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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