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Old 10th Mar 2008, 08:18
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wiggy
 
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Looks like it was the BA28, HKG-LHR service...diverting due to weather at LHR.

Can they take off with a full fuel load? Possibly not -I haven't got the books in front of me, but normal procedure in circumstances like this ( diversion to an airport relatively near final destination) is to stick perhaps a max of 40ish tonnes of fuel on, not fill it up to full ( around 170 tonnes).
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