Sentence examples for dump fuel from inspiring English sources

In between, the television reporter Campbell Brown warns of the impending doom facing the nation; Padma Perkish, a Bollywood-aspirant pharmacist, dispenses musical advice on drug regimens and interactions; and Ms. David, flying in her vegetable-oil-fueled jet with the composting toilets, has her pilot dump fuel "over one of those red states".

FLIGHT ENGINEER: Starting dump fuel.

They scrapped plans to fly to the US and circled over the sea to dump fuel.

How do you dump fuel – and why waste time doing so?

The jet, bound for Amsterdam for 449 people aboard, circled to dump fuel, then landed safely.

But Mr. Smith also points out that only some airplane models have the ability to dump fuel — the big ones.

The aircraft had been flying circuits over Sussex while dumping fuel to reduce its weight.

It circled around the south coast and dumped fuel to minimise the risk of fire in a forced landing.

Government officials said early on, for example, that the airplane appeared to have been dumping fuel, presumably in preparation for a return to the airport or a crash.

Debris fell on an Indonesian island, and the plane, with more than 450 people aboard, spent 90 tense minutes circling with its three remaining engines, dumping fuel and preparing for an emergency landing back in Singapore.

"If the tail came off and people are thinking the plane is dumping fuel, then the plane had a catastrophic structural failure," said an A-300 pilot for a different airline, who is a safety official at a pilots' union.