Today most of the people prefer to go by plane to save time. During this time, you must have seen many times at the airport that the flight is filled with fuel before takeoff. But do you know that too much fuel is never filled in a flight. After all, why does the plane not land with a full tank?
Fuel tank in flight
Aviation action expert regarding fuel in flight Told that the main reason behind planes not landing with full tanks of fuel is its weight. He told that every ship has a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) and maximum landing weight (MLW). This is determined by the design of the plane. Takeoff weight is the maximum weight with which an airplane can safely take off from the ground. Whereas landing weight is the weight with which a plane can safely land on the ground.
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Let us tell you that generally the maximum landing weight is less than the maximum takeoff weight. Because there is more stress on the airplane during landing. If the weight increases during this period, the airplane may get damaged. Not only this, its wings can bend, its torso can break. Apart from this, the landing gear may get damaged. Whereas the weight of fuel in an airplane is quite high. 1.30 lakh kg of fuel is filled in Boeing at one time. Apart from this, if it lands with this much weight, its weight will increase even more due to gravity. This can prove to be very dangerous for the aircraft during landing.
According to the information, while landing the aircraft, first of all the flight control unit checks factors like fuel, payload, weather and reserves. Calculation is done. After this, sometimes some fuel is burnt, so that the weight of the airplane becomes less than MLW, although sometimes this is not possible. In such a situation fuel dumping is done. Fuel is removed from the aircraft. Let us tell you that fuel dumping is a process which allows the airplane to release some of its fuel into the air. According to the information, this is usually done by big airplanes. Apart from this, fuel is kept very less in small airplanes anyway, so that such a situation cannot arise.
