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To: wrench

I read somewhere that the pilot intentionally dumped fuel to avoid an explosion on impact, probably also to reduce the plane’s weight.

I’ll be interested to see what the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder reveal.


24 posted on 11/30/2016 9:30:17 AM PST by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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To: Crolis; wrench; Cowgirl of Justice
I read somewhere that the pilot intentionally dumped fuel to avoid an explosion on impact, probably also to reduce the plane’s weight.

Thank you. That is the most logical and most sensible explanation of what likely happened, and why there was no fire.

43 posted on 11/30/2016 9:46:52 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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