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Old 28th Aug 2008, 11:14
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Mac the Knife

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"....since been established that the crew had entered the aircraft's zero fuel weight (ZFW) instead of its gross weight - about a 65t difference."

Are there not sanity checks in the ACARS?

Our software rejects things like 120% burns or 1 year old babies weighing 90kg as being impossible/unlikely.

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