Plane forced to dump fuel over Lake Michigan

oh they tree huggers will love this

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They have every right to be upset... :(

contaminated water? or a lot of plane crash?

i can't type today, i am done.

exactly,a few dead fish or a good 200 loved ones lost? i thought so. they did the right thing by dumping over the lake.

It flew an interesting path while dumping fuel... [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAL187/history/20110606/0200Z/KORD/KORD AAL187]

"Martelle says dumping the fuel wouldn't harm the lake. He says the process allows the fuel to evaporate before it reaches the lake's surface."

BETTER TO DUMP THE FUEL VS. DUMPING PEOPLE.

I was on Flight Aware last night wonder what this guy was doing at the time.

I think thats about 100 grand worth of fuel. An expensive Night :)

k..recalculated... about 170 grand at Retail price lol.

that is one interesting path there..

that's a lot of fuel...

Aside from scaring the living S#it out of the passengers and people on the ground, wouldnt it make sense to have dump & burn systems on aircraft to cook off the fuel they dump before it hits the ground? I remember a similar event in NYC where an Airbus with a landing gear issue showered most of Queens in jet fuel before landing.

still blew the tire...