Just out of interest wether the aircraft was actually defuelled.
The reason i ask is that at LHR weve had a few aircraft in the grass at one time or other and at no time have we had to defuel any of them even when fully loaded for Departure. All we offload is the pax, even the freight/baggage has stayed on.
Defuelling also takes a long time and would have amajor impact on any operation
Any thoughts/comments