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Old 6th May 2018, 17:29
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dastocks
 
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Originally Posted by vilas
No! You can't. Arithmetically possible but not legally. RTOW Landing weight limited means just that. It is applicable for takeoff. You cannot legally exceed that and then burn extra to get within MLW.
I was on a flight recently where the undercarriage was lowered for about 20 minutes in the cruise in order to burn off excess fuel that had been loaded by mistake before we had departed, so clearly it is possible.
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