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Originally Posted by cjb
Hi guys,
Could the intermittent trails, that people have noted, be planes dumping fuel prior to landing which I understand is quite common?
I could understand the US and China trying to mitigate climate change by these methods - their politicians seem somewhat concerned about climate change - but I'm not entirely sure that our current government shares these views (pretty sure that they wanted to get rid of a certain group called the Climate Change Commission  ) so the idea of Mr Abbott and Co. spending millions on such a scheme would seem a tad far fetched 
Cheers,
Chris |
Planes ONLY dump fuel if they in a forced landing situation and they are trying to reduce the fire risk if they pancake or similar. Do you dump fuel from your car just prior to parking ?
Airlines are trying to
save fuel, not chuck it away. It costs way too much !!