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Old 7th June 2009 | 13:44
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Interflug
 
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According to AF press conference:
Take off weight 233T (including) fuel 68 T

that is precisely max. takeoff weight.

Aircraft Family - A330-200 Specifications

**speculation**
could someone have tampered with the documented weight in order to stay within margins, avoid timeout etc?

could the pilots have been unaware they were too heavy?

could a sudden temperature change flying over an upwind in a CB have pushed the airplane beyond coffin corner, because the margins were consumed by the additional weight?
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