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Old Jun 10, 2017 | 3:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Loren Pechtel
I've been moved back to front once--**very** light load and they misloaded our cargo. They moved us all up into the premium seats and headed out--but turned back before takeoff because the numbers said it wasn't enough. They loaded a weight into the cargo bay and off we flew. Typical 6-across plane, I forget what type.
The only 6-across plane with tail-mounted engines I can think of is the 727. (It must have been tail-mounted because that's the only time a very light load requires moving everyone up front as a 737 or like would be front-heavy if everyone sat up front)

That happened to me one time as well on an AA MD-80... very light load and they moved everyone up front.
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