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Originally Posted by RebelR
If I'm not mistaken, I believe they just circle the airport consuming fuel as I don't think they have fuel dump systems on modern airliners, besides, I would think you would want all the time you could to get the landing gear working again, if at all possible. Also, I dont think that environmentalists wouldn't be kosher with a fuel dump.
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Fuel dumping is real but not all airplanes are equipped to dump fuel. The A380 that had a catastrophic engine failure leaving Singapore last year had to dump fuel. Different A380, but here is a video from on board of a plane dumping fuel: