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Sometimes a plane will literally spray thousands of gallons of expensive fuel into the sky. Why do pilots intentionally do this?

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Sometimes a plane will literally spray thousands of gallons of expensive fuel into the sky. Why do pilots intentionally do this?

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Sometimes a plane will literally spray thousands of gallons of expensive fuel into the sky. Why do pilots intentionally do this?
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