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3471 (2009-07-11, 06:10, amdt 13:53) - PickyPerkins:
So, it had 940 kg additional fuel.
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Looking at the fuel planning, it looks as though the Captain thought it was
likely that he might have to deviate for weather. [13:53]
Thanks for clearing this up. There was a suggestion in the earlier thread that the IB crew were privy to AF taking 2000 kg additional fuel. Viz,
[...] They spoke to the Air France crew at Rio airport, while in the passport
contro queue. They said they were very likeable and were laughing with the
"sobrecargo"?, which made this more of a shock for him. While in flight
despatch he saw that the area in question was very complicated due to
bad weather and decided to 2000 extra Kgs of fuel, foreseeing that
he would have to deviate quite a lot. [...]
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