Originally Posted by
Beamr
There is a word that the ac was fuelled for a long haul and afterwards was re-scheduled for the leipzig route hence filed a new flight plan with extra length for fuel burn. Go figure. What is the truth we'll probably never know.
This is the truth. I have connections in Air Bridge Cargo, and what happened was that the 747 bound to Leipzig went tech, so they put that cargo into the Cincinnati-bound aircraft, which had been refueled already. They had to make a detour to be within landing weight limits on arrival at Leipzig. Simple as that.