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Originally Posted by chris1
Pretty hard to have a ground crew put in "extra" fuel. Unless the pilot and co-pilot are in on it. Computer reads the lbs of fuel to calculate the take-off.
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Valid point. But, we don't KNOW yet whether or not the "goodnight" crew was making a "move."
I was just going off of some stuff the idiots on CNN are saying. That it didn't have enough fuel to reach Africa. I looked at the red "arcs" of where the pings were supposed to have appeared. By my eye... it seems that the horn of Africa (Somalia) is barely within range.
I know you were kidding, but.... flying low over the ocean... they COULD have dumped all of the passenger bodies, AND their luggage. That would extend their range by quite a bit! Now... since there is no radar to speak of out in the Indian Ocean.... they could have climbed back to a high altitude, to save even MORE fuel, without fear of detection.
[You KNOW that rapid climb to top altitude was to KILL the passengers, right? So... they would just have to throw out about 200 bodies! lol.]
Like I said.... maybe, they pushed it and FAILED. It might have been worth the try to them.