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Old 13th Sep 2016, 10:11
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The linked article says "The aircraft was carrying 14 tonnes of fuel, rice and sugar...", which, I assume is correct. However, ABC news (US) reported "15,000 tons of fuel", and tenplay.com.au says "The cargo plane was reportedly carrying 14,913 tonnes of fuel supplies". I saw others followed suit with the 15,000 ton(ne)s as well. I'm guessing that this has to do with the use of the comma to separate thousands in some countries and the decimal point in others with some news outlets simply reproducing the number with the comma, but seriously. Is there nobody in the reporting food chain in these organizations who see a report saying that a 737 is carrying 15,000 tons of something and wonder what the hell they got wrong?
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