why no deviation
We might never know the answer for that.
All we know for fact:
-the plane left with max. certified TO weight
-the CAPT did not ask for additional fuel for deviations enroute. (that is from reports from a pilot who talked to the pilots before TO in Rio, posted somewhere here.) Maybe someone could do the math again, from the published flightplan and see, if the 68 t of fuel included something "for mum" or not.
-they flew close to their planned route right through the soup, while others in the vicinity did bigger deviations around it.
Last edited by Interflug; 8th Jun 2009 at 10:10.