Well, they have to be talking about the empty weight, because the MTOW is something in the range of 1.2 million pounds. In a message dated 2/8/2006 5:02:24 PM Central Standard Time, gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: About 55 Airbus engineers are now working on the giant jet, which has a takeoff weight of 155 metric tons (171 U.S. tons) and a wingspan of 262 feet. Its eight-story-high tail fin is now one of the tallest structures in Iqaluit. It's got to weigh a lot more than that! Maybe they're talking empty. (8^)