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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malakadss" data-source="post: 27092536" data-attributes="member: 179884">seems it depends on the load. "Planes are designed to land below certain weights. A heavier plane is more likely to hit the ground hard and get damaged. It's got 5,000 gallons of fuel, which is about three elephants weighing it down. So, landing with a full tank is pretty risky. But most flights aren't landing with a full tank. They might not be taking off with a full tank either. Before takeoff, the flight planner calculates the amount of fuel needed to complete the trip. So that enough fuel gets burned off over the course of the flight and the plane's weight comes down and then it's safe to land. A pilot will choose to dump fuel only on very rare occasions."</blockquote>

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