weight restrictions 19 May 2018 on LAX-HNL and others?
May 19, 2018, 8:56 am
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weight restrictions 19 May 2018 on LAX-HNL and others?
Im flying to HNL on a 777 and while in the boarding area I heard mention of “weight restriction” at several gates in their announcements.
Anyobe know whats going on? Our flight is fairly empty and there are 70 people on stand-by. The GA announced she may be able to get 30 of them due to weight restrictions..
What gives?? Fuel shortage (lol)?
Anyobe know whats going on? Our flight is fairly empty and there are 70 people on stand-by. The GA announced she may be able to get 30 of them due to weight restrictions..
What gives?? Fuel shortage (lol)?
May 19, 2018, 9:17 am
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May 19, 2018, 2:55 pm
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Could be some of the things mentioned above, and possibly a full cargo load too. The routing, with headwind, and possibly an increased cargo payload due to the low bookings probably add up to this.
May 19, 2018, 4:07 pm
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Multiple flights are/were apparently affected. United doesn't normally boot passengers for cargo.
May 19, 2018, 5:00 pm
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Im flying to HNL on a 777 and while in the boarding area I heard mention of “weight restriction” at several gates in their announcements.
Anyobe know whats going on? Our flight is fairly empty and there are 70 people on stand-by. The GA announced she may be able to get 30 of them due to weight restrictions..
What gives?? Fuel shortage (lol)?
Anyobe know whats going on? Our flight is fairly empty and there are 70 people on stand-by. The GA announced she may be able to get 30 of them due to weight restrictions..
What gives?? Fuel shortage (lol)?
May 19, 2018, 5:44 pm
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Why are so many people completely ignoring the fact that the OP stated there were multiple flights affected? Anything destination-specific, route-specific, or aircraft-specific is pretty much off the table.
May 19, 2018, 5:58 pm
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Because it's possible that one weight restriction is entirely unrelated to another? @:-)
May 19, 2018, 11:01 pm
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Weight restrictions out of OGG are common due to runway length, but LAX has plenty of room. That is such a short distance for a 777, a weight restriction is surprising. Was there a tailwind on runways 24/25 at LAX this morning?
May 20, 2018, 9:12 am
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May 20, 2018, 5:28 pm
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Yes as I had mentioned, I heard the weight restriction announcement coming from different gates. The only reason I would think to ask here. The pilot didn’t mention the weight restriction but did say that Kilauea was NOT posing any changes to the flight path. Flight time was a normal 5h11m
We did taxi all the way over to 24L. Other than that i guess it’s a mystery.
We did taxi all the way over to 24L. Other than that i guess it’s a mystery.