Originally Posted by
IAMORGAN
I remember watching a documentary on BA149 (which got blown up in KWI) and the CSD said they had 6 disembarking passengers plus the security services people. Today KWI is direct on the 744 so the load is more than 6!!
I guess with the Iraqi army on the doorstep, a lot of people might have put their trips off, so 6 pax probably wasn't a normal number. Weren't the crew expecting to be told to divert pretty much the entire flight?