http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/climate-change-airplane-takeoff-scn/index.html
I remember telling my wife right as we took off from Kennedy earlier this month, on an Airbus A320, that “he used all the runway”, as I noticed that we took off and we were right over the marshes around the east side of the airport. I now connect the dots as to why they were giving people $600 to not be on that flight. No wonder they also had to refuel at Miami International after being diverted there because of bad weather at Fort Lauderdale in order to fly the 10 miles or so back there when the weather cleared. They had taken less fuel on to begin when I guess no one gave up their seats. The plane was packed full.
I knew something was at work when I heard “we will refuel”, to go ….ten miles. That was close.
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