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Old Mar 6, 2007 | 4:08 pm
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USDHS1984
 
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There is precedent as to the adverse affects of durians on commercial aircraft with the crash of the 737-200, Mandala Air flight 91 in Medan Indonesia September 2005.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala...nes_Flight_091

"It has been suggested that illegal overloading could be responsible for the aircraft's apparent inability to climb, but confirming this will be almost impossible given the intense fire produced and the presence of large amounts of debris from the houses which were destroyed; however, observers reported smelling the odour of the pungent fruit in the crash. It has been widely reported that the overloading was due to 2 or 3 tonnes of durian fruit brought by the Sumatran governor and former governor travelling on the flight intended as gifts to bring to Jakarta, and not listed on the flight's load manifest. The reports claimed that the governors had already been refused travel on Garuda, the national airline, because of the excess weight of the highly prized fruit, which were then in season in Sumatra."
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