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Data entry REAR-END SNAFU: Weighty ballsup leads to plane take-off flap

Queasy Rider

Re: Wouldn't happen in the States ...

"over-estimated the weight of the plane by between 3.5 and 5 tonnes," had me doing the math. 5,000 kg / 87 kids = 57 kg. 87kg -57kg = 30kg. So the average weight per child was estimated to be as little as 30kg? What were they, pygmy pre-schoolers?

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