Originally Posted by
oldoberon
Comcomtech - your understanding is wrong ,answers are in the thread many times
Seats - a pilot confirmed often limited by freight, so pax = max-freight which in this case was max-50, 5 don't show 5 standby get on.
Yes, the standby's are puzzling to me as well. Were they revenue or non-revenue standby's? Why can't they tells us the exact takeoff weight? Are they trying to hide something? As with everything else we get from the Malaysians, we have to very skeptical of the information we have so far.
If the aircraft was at FL350 that early in the flight, I would assume they were not at
Max Takeoff Weight: B777-200ER 656,000 lb(297,550 kg)?
I don't have the exact numbers but max takeoff weight could also mean landing overweight on that length of flight so it is possible that they were weight restricted by the
Max Landing Weight: B777-200ER 470,000 lb(213,180 kg) ?