“Bette to burn off the fuel, rather than land heavy and loaded with explosive jet fuel.”
As a passenger I would have preferred that he remains over land to burn off fuel.
Of the 8 Boeing 777 full hull loses, 5 have occurred during a flight and 3 have occurred on the ground. Maybe landing faster would be better.
Or next time... Just take the Boeing 787 Dream Liner... No hull losses to date.
At FL350, the English Channel just isn’t wide enough to matter.