Anulus Filler
You may point out the fact that Quantas is spelt Qantas in my post, but its from the AOL news link not my spelling!
The point I think I was trying to make is that reporters can present information to the public that are untrue/poorly researched (if at all!). The report states the a/c weight input to the FMS as 9.5 tonnes.....not 9.5 tonnes lighter!
The question I have is how this wasn't noticed with a longer acceleration to or higher V1, VR on take off and also would this dicrepancy have caused more of an issue with the calculation of the landing distance required?