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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 10:31 pm
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Originally Posted by coplatflyer
in my 13 years of flying on hundreds of 737 flights, never heard of this...you learn something new everyday

I've seen it happen before. I believe EWR-SFO is the longest transcon in the system. Add some headwinds, expected weather in SFO, and a longer-than-normal flight plan maybe to go around something, and the flight plan can be for close to 7 hours. Throw in some checked bags and cargo, and you're really pushing it on a 737.
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