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Old 27th February 2008 | 19:27
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Have you considered that maybe airlines dont want to know the exact weight?

With a 400,000 kg airliner, a 1% tolerance equals 4,000 kgs, so what do you think an airline is going to do, offload fuel, cargo or passengers and cause total chaos, or behave like an ostrich?

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