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Old 29th Jan 2014, 06:37
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If everyone rushes to the back the aircraft centre of gravity might go beyond the rear limit and cause control difficulties or indeed loss of control.

A fair number of cargo aircraft have been lost over the years to misload or load shift in flight ending up with too much weight at the back.

And to add to the 737 report below there was a UK A320 did a similar thing on the Greek Islands, tail strike on power application.
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