Jettison

Summary of Jettison

The act of throwing cargo overboard to lighten the vessel in a storm, suppress fires, or otherwise avert disaster. Such losses are recoverable in general average (read this and related legal terms for further details).

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Jettison in International Trade

Meaning of Jettison, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): To unload or throw overboard at sea a part of a ship’s cargo to lighten the ship in time of emergency. Also called flotsam and jetsam.

Jettison

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See Also

• Jactus
• Jetsam

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Further Reading (Articles)

Aerojet Ships Jettison Motor to White Sands Missile Range for NASA’s Orion Launch Abort System, Defense & Aerospace Week; May 20, 2009

LOADMASTERS USE NEW PARACHUTE JETTISON DEVICE, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; April 27, 2006

US Patent Issued to Sikorsky Aircraft on Dec. 28 for “Fuel Jettison System” (Connecticut Inventors), US Fed News Service, Including US State News; December 30, 2010

Aerojet Successfully Conducts Third Jettison Motor Nozzle Risk Reduction Test for NASA’s Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, Defense & Aerospace Week; October 6, 2010

NASA Holds Orion Spacecraft Parachute Jettison Tests over Arizona, Wireless News; January 30, 2014

Publication No. WO/2009/096939 Published on Aug. 6, Assigned to Sikorsky Aircraft for Fuel Jettison System (American Inventors), US Fed News Service, Including US State News; August 11, 2009

NASA Tests Orion Spacecraft Parachute Jettison over Arizona, Defense & Aerospace Week; January 29, 2014

Lca Clears Drop Tank Jettison Test, SP’s Aviation; January 1, 2011;

Aerojet’s Jettison Motor Contributes to Successful Orion Pad Abort-1 Flight Test, Defense & Aerospace Week; May 19, 2010

PHARMACIA TO JETTISON SUBSIDIARY, The Record (Bergen County, NJ); November 29, 2001; LEWIS KRAUSKOPF, Staff Writer

Aerojet’s Jettison Motor Contributes to Successful Orion Pad Abort-1 Flight Test., Real Estate Weekly News; May 21, 2010

Patent Issued for Emergency Jettison Window Pane and Associated Ejection System, Journal of Engineering; April 3, 2013

A loaded Giants team should jettison their knucklehead star Vantage point, International Herald Tribune; December 2, 2008; George Vecsey The New York Times Media Group

A lesson from H.P.: How not to jettison your C.E.O., International Herald Tribune; September 11, 2010; JOE NOCERA

KC-135 in-flight emergency results in jettison of 31,000 liters of fuel over remote mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan., AKIpress News Agency; June 23, 2008

US Patent Issued to Sikorsky Aircraft on June 17 for “Automatic Jettison System for a Rotorcraft” (Connecticut, Nevada Inventors), US Fed News Service, Including US State News; June 17, 2014

BELL-BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR FUEL JETTISON, Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 21, 2010

USA: BELL-BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE AWARDED CONTRACT FOR FUEL JETTISON., Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 21, 2010

Jettison the hapless and prepare for one more year on the Mound, The Scotsman; December 14, 2001; Peter Wilson

Napster Jettisons 16 Employees, AP Online; October 24, 2001