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Old Sep 11, 2023 | 5:38 am
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Originally Posted by lorcancoyle
Assuming they took fuel out as well (why would they need fuel to London if just flying to Pisa) that’s a massive miss…

1 hours worth of fuel would be 25+ passengers I’d guess
Calculation here was likely that if you have 50 seats on a coach you might as well take 50 off and leave the fuel loaded, as presumably there are some safety risks during removal of fuel. Fascinating incident, glad I wasn't on it though!
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