Sounds like your typical Rotter "\lesssim" estimates:
A litre of jet fuel weighs 0.803 kg, so the correct calculation was:
7682 litres × 0.803 = 6169 kg 22300 kg − 6169 kg = 16131 kg 16131 kg ÷ 0.803 = 20088 litres of fuel to be transferred
Between the ground crew and flight crew, however, they arrived at an incorrect conversion factor of 1.77, the weight of a litre of fuel in pounds. This was the conversion factor provided on the refueller's paperwork and which had always been used for the rest of the airline's imperial-calibrated fleet. Their calculation produced:
7682 litres × 1.77 = 13597 kg 22300 kg − 13597 kg = 8703 kg 8703 kg ÷ 1.77 = 4916 litres of fuel to be transferred
Instead of 22,300 kg of fuel, they had 22,300 pounds on board — only a little over 10,000 kg, or less than half the amount required to reach their destination.
Sounds like your typical Rotter "\lesssim" estimates:
ReplyDeleteA litre of jet fuel weighs 0.803 kg, so the correct calculation was:
7682 litres × 0.803 = 6169 kg
22300 kg − 6169 kg = 16131 kg
16131 kg ÷ 0.803 = 20088 litres of fuel to be transferred
Between the ground crew and flight crew, however, they arrived at an incorrect conversion factor of 1.77, the weight of a litre of fuel in pounds. This was the conversion factor provided on the refueller's paperwork and which had always been used for the rest of the airline's imperial-calibrated fleet. Their calculation produced:
7682 litres × 1.77 = 13597 kg
22300 kg − 13597 kg = 8703 kg
8703 kg ÷ 1.77 = 4916 litres of fuel to be transferred
Instead of 22,300 kg of fuel, they had 22,300 pounds on board — only a little over 10,000 kg, or less than half the amount required to reach their destination.
Hey, the order of magnitude was right, whaddyawant from der Rotter?
ReplyDeleteI feel very confident knowing that Herr Rott is at the wheel. Not.
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