London<->Tel Aviv is about 2000 miles. A 772 can land with a full pax/cargo load AND enough fuel to take off and do another 2000 miles without breaking it's maximum landing weight. I guess for a plane with an 5500 mile range, that's right on the edge. Matthew On 21-Apr-05, at 10:41 PM, David MR wrote: > No, if I recall the original message correctly, the aircraft stopped > at LGW > going to TLV to refuel. It took on enough fuel to go LGW-TLV-LGW > without > refueling. > > David R > http://home.comcast.net/~damiross/books.html > www.sequoians.com > www.chanticleers.org > > =>-----Original Message----- > =>From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of > =>Matthew Montano > =>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 16:57 > =>To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > =>Subject: Re: fuel at TLV and Refuling > => > => > =>Let me get this straight, CO flew EWR->TLV (763? 762?, 772?) with the > =>required fuel reserves for TLV *and* enough fuel to fly TLV->LGW plus > =>the required fuel reserves for LGW? > => > =>Surely they hit the ground in TLV well over the maximum weight limit? > => > =>TLV->LGW is not a trivial distance... > => > =>Matthew > => > =>On 21-Apr-05, at 12:47 AM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > => > =>> In a message dated 4/21/2005 12:43:45 AM Central Daylight Time, > =>> gjmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > =>> I understood it as meaning CO was landing in LGW to refuel. Seemed > =>> clear > =>> enough to me. > =>> > =>> > =>> I am betting they were. They ran heavy into TLV and had enough > gas to > =>> get > =>> back to LGW. > =>> > =>-- > =>No virus found in this incoming message. > =>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > =>Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005 > => > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 4/21/2005 > >