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Old 11th Jan 2002, 12:25
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QAVION
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"Load master of Quanta forgot to use tail stand.."

Do MD11's use tail stands at all? I was told that KAL doesn't even use weights on the nose like some of the other MD11 airlines which come to Sydney. They rely on loading/unloading the front and back of the aircraft in a certain sequence. Before you start pointing fingers at "Quanta" (whoever they may be) and believing everything you read in the newspapers, let's find out who was supervising the unloading... KAL or the local groundstaff....shall we?).

Newpapers reported that the angle of the aircraft was 30 degrees (I'd say more like 10). Perhaps the pilots here can provide a more accurate value?

Q.