'Heavy' plane a risk: probe

[oz_mark]

AN OVERLOADED Qantas Airbus A330 flying from Sydney to Hong Kong was a safety risk, air investigators have found.
A breakdown in the flow of paperwork controlling freight pallets led to the aircraft being overloaded, exceeding its maximum take-off weight by almost a tonne.

'Heavy' plane a risk: probe

 

[Craigie]

Ha, then you go Qantas overloaded A380 plane: investigators and its an A380....

 

[oz_mark]

Then - to the ATSB report: Investigation: AO-2009-011 - Weight and balance event - Airbus A330-303, VH-QPJ, Sydney Aerodrome, New South Wales, 6 March 2009

Was an A330-300 VH-QPJ

 

[mannej]

It already has more press coverage than the Emirates incident (884 kgs v and 100 tonne variance)...

 

[jb747]

It's not something that you want to have happen, but I'd expect it would be one of the more common issues in the aviation world. Of course a tonne is nothing....