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Old 9th March 2023, 08:28 AM
Kent Broadhead Kent Broadhead is offline
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A380-800 fuel-tank capacity is around 320 000 liters
Which is around 320,000 litres :P
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Old 9th March 2023, 09:18 AM
Greg Hyde Greg Hyde is offline
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Does an A380 with just crew and full of fuel exceed the Max Landing weight ?
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Old 9th March 2023, 10:47 AM
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On the topic of 380's.....

"Qantas long-haul flight delayed when the emergency slide was accidentally fired off at the gate after a flight crew member ‘jiggled the handle’"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ree-hours.html
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Old 9th March 2023, 12:54 PM
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Does an A380 with just crew and full of fuel exceed the Max Landing weight ?
Yep, by my calc they would have had a max of 136000 litres on landing roughly depending on temp etc to be at max weight for landing
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Old 9th March 2023, 01:14 PM
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Yep, by my calc they would have had a max of 136000 litres on landing roughly depending on temp etc to be at max weight for landing
thanks, Mark
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Old 9th March 2023, 03:13 PM
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VZK operating SYD-DRW-SIN-AUH QF6031
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Old 9th March 2023, 04:01 PM
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Seems odd 737 getting maintenance in AUH
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Old 9th March 2023, 04:48 PM
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Seems odd 737 getting maintenance in AUH
MRO slots are constrained all over the world
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Old 9th March 2023, 07:45 PM
Yusef D Yusef D is offline
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VA also gets longer term 737 maintenance done in AUH, and shorter stuff in SIN/XSP
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Old 10th March 2023, 10:08 AM
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Reported the first B717 (VH-YQV) will finish up today.
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