As I sat down at the Wendy's near Firestone for a bite, I noticed a plane making rounds and dumping fuel in the distance. I took a couple pictures and it turned out to be a Saudi Arabian 777. It ended up landing on 31L and seems to have had an uneventful landing based on the planes that followed on the approach.
Note the left gear in both pictures.
Awesome catch, Mark.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
Im gonna add some shots to this too, I saw this happening at the time.. Me and Mark got the shots
Heres mine
The plane circled twice dumping fuel before landing back at JFK
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44929104@N ... otostream/
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Sergio has been a huge Delta Air Lines fan since 1992!!
Sergio Cardona
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See the 777 nose is way sexier than the A330/40 nose...and those pics show it...
Hey everyone I'm Mark's friend Justin...
I was with him so I have a few shots of that too.
Well, I got to see my first fuel dump! I was on Fire Island driving west on the causeway after visiting the lighthouse with the wife and kids. All of a sudden I see 2 thick contrails in formation over Captree Bridge making a turn NE'erly. Then I saw the 777 and said to my wife looks like someone is having trouble and heading back to JFK.
Pete
“Passengers should NEVER leave babies in an infant carrier while it goes through the X-ray machine"
--TSA.GOV website
Hello evryone,
I was there :(
see this please:
:(
Best regards,
Great photos, Abdul. Thank you for sharing!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
I'm surprised they dumped over Long Island......I hope it vaporized quickly!
been a while since any of my ground school classes covered fuel dumping but maybe our two resident gas men can confirm it takes about 5000ft to vaporize. i'm pretty sure that's the number we were taught in ATC, will try to find and confirm the figure.Originally Posted by nycpilot
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
No worries, it's only Long Island. :mrgreen:
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
Don't forget - Queens is on Long Island...
KC-135 - Passing gas & taking names!
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Don't eat the seafood! :mrgreen:
No it was CHEMTRAILS!!! The USAF is spraying swine flu over LI to carry out the Govt plan on getting everyone vaccinated for H1N1 and keep the Pharma companies in $$$$. :P :lol:
“Passengers should NEVER leave babies in an infant carrier while it goes through the X-ray machine"
--TSA.GOV website
I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of chemtrails...
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