On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:22am, mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Not every aircraft has the capability to dump fuel. I think it may > only be > Boeing aircraft that have that capability. I know on the 747 when fuel > is > dumped it comes from valves at the ends of the wings, well above and > away from > the engines. I am sure that with the speed of the aircraft the fuel > would dissipate rather quickly with no chance of ignition. I was once on a Hawaiian Airlines L-1011 flight from HNL to LAX that had to return to HNL and dump fuel. It was similar to what Mark described: The fuel was dumped from valves on the wings outboard of the engines. -- David Mueller / HNL dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx http://www.quanterium.com