Military Aircraft: Fuels
(asked on 3rd March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much fuel was dumped from each type of airborne RAF aircraft in each of the last two years; and what estimate he has made of the cost of that dumping.
This question was answered on 10th March 2015
Not all aircraft have the capability to jettison fuel. Of those that do, jettisoning of fuel is not a routine occurrence and is used to reduce the weight of the aircraft or improve control; for example, in association with an emergency.
Data on jettisoning fuel is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.