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Re:Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minu... by gus_massa on Friday October 10, 2025 @01:02PM (#45541149)
I expect that they take the pilot's word in case of a rare situation [1] and then make the fill a ton of paparwork to try to solve the main cause and also discourage lies.

[1] In one case someone mixed imperial and metric unix, and instead of $something-kilograms, they put only $something-pounds of fuel.

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Re:Ryanair flight landed at Manchester airport with six minu... by kbolino on Friday October 10, 2025 @01:07PM (#45541221)
This incident is known as the Gimli Glider and was actually due to multiple failures before the pound-kilogram issue (and the backdrop of Canada's then-recent metrication) even became relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
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