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Old 4th Jan 2009, 08:13
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No, it didn't. What interested me as that the captain took action (moving pax) on an understanding that it might make the job of keeping the nose off the ground for as long as possible easier. I'm guessing that he thought it would also reduce the impact when the nose finally dropped.

I don't know how the 56 pax were distributed at the start of the flight nor do I know the baggage weight. However, I was just interested in the extent to which attempts to avoid one problem (or mitigate a situation) might have increases the probability of a different problem.

I know of examples of smaller aircraft (J41s and Saab 340) where various combinations of overloading bags and pax moving seats after take-off (to get away from the prop area) have resulted in issues with landing and taxiing in a tail-heavy state.
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