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Originally Posted by V_RocKs
That is complete bullshit. The FAA has standards set and most planes carry so much extra fuel they actually toss it into the air before landing because the FAA also has rules for how much of a ball of fire you are allowed to create should you crash.
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sorry, but that's not true. the only reason to waste (expensive) fuel is in case of emergency landings right after the start cause otherwise the plane is too heavy and tires may blow up. but fuel is always very carefully calculated and they don't take one gallon more than they need - cause more fuel is more weight which means more consumption. And do you really think it would have went unnoticed by all the tree huggers if millions of planes would toss millions of gallons of jetfuel in the air every day?