Flight SQ228 Dumped Fuel over my house

[trblvb]

Flight SQ228 Dumped Fuel over my house. Staying with my Cousin in Bulleen VIC and a low flying Singapore Airlines flight dumped fuel ...you could smell it.

 

[markis10]

Hope your not a smoker!

 

[33kft]

Departed an hour ago, is returning to MEL as we speak

 

[33kft]

Issue is reportedly with the landing gear

 

[33kft]

Has landed safely back at MEL

 

[ausfox]

Keeping the mosquitoes down.

 

[I love to travel]

I would have thought that they only do it over land in extreme circumstances - plenty of water near Melbourne

 

[RooFlyer]

Wonder why it wasn't sent over water if its dumping fuel?

 

[markis10]

Dumping fuel over water is not preferred traffic wise nor environmentally, aircraft was at 12000 so most would have evaporated.

 

[RooFlyer]

Dumping fuel over water is not preferred traffic wise nor environmentally, aircraft was at 12000 so most would have evaporated.

Fair enough ... but as far as environment is concerned, if most of it evaporates, then the sea won't be impacted (very much) and if it doesn't, I'd rather have it fall on some fish than, say, a school.

 

[markis10]

Fair enough ... but as far as environment is concerned, if most of it evaporates, then the sea won't be impacted (very much) and if it doesn't, I'd rather have it fall on some fish than, say, a school.

It’s the Vapor zone that’s the problem, over the sea in Melbourne affects tassie arrivals and most of Rwy 34 traffic in MEL, where SQ went not so much. This is what MATS says on the subject: