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the seat belt light is on
varian
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anyone see the picture of all the people crammed into that C-17. my guess is the seat belt light is not an issue. wonder how they are calculating the take off weight,
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Those aircraft (C-17) are built to transport troops and equipment. With cargo capacity at 170,900 lbs., if everyone on there weighed 200 lbs it is capable of transporting 854 peeps. If average weight of the peeps is 170 lbs that bumps the capability to 1005 refugees. I would venture to guess the average weight is lower than that so capability isn't an issue.
And most of those folks probably have never been on a plane before. I hope they had a lot of barf bags.
At around 5,000' they should open the tail ramp and perform a maximum climb rate for a couple thousand feet. I'm sure we've all seen real birds do this during a hasty take-off.
Where did they go?
Mobuck 👍️
Sounds like you want Art Carlson (Gordon Jump) to co-pilot flight # WKRP. "I really thought they could fly."
From what I have read they are being taken to Qatar for now.
Perhaps the women are fleeing the Taliban Mask Mandate.
Brad Steele