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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by fnothaft
I mean, thats true, but the range on an A319 is listed as 3500 miles AFAIK, and SFO-BOS is about 2700. Is the wind blowing that badly at 35Kft today?
Add a 100-mph headwind, on a 6-hour flight, and that's like flying 600 additional miles at no headwind. 2700 + 600 = 3,300 which is approaching your range. Add fuel for a diversion, plus reserve, and it it's possible.

I trust they did the math and wouldn't be offloading people/bags if it wasn't necessary.

As for the FA's comments, that was pretty lame. If I had the time, I'd be gate-checking whatever I could find to try to score a VDB/IDB.
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