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Old Nov 29, 2011 | 9:16 pm
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It was a 737 that was not entirely full. My understanding was that there was not enough fuel to carry the number of passengers that were on the flight to the destination.


Originally Posted by guv1976
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"Presumably the airline could have added fuel"

How would adding fuel to an (already) overweight plane make the plane lighter?
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