"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
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Yes, but it also seems unlikely that 12hrs after takeoff, it suddenly
occurs to the crew that some of the fuel might be unusable.

Yes, it does sound like something "unexpected" must have happened *after*
the decision to continue, whether it was unexpectedly high fuel burn or some
other technical surprise. We'll find out in due course I guess.

Let me add one more thing before I drop out of this thread. I'm not an
airline pilot, but the impression that I have of BA over the years is that
it's the airline that they all want to fly for over here, precisely
*because* the bean-counters don't have the upper hand on the crew. There's
no doubt that the crew of the aircraft believed that its safety was not
going to compromised by continuing -- whether with 20:20 hindsight everyone
else agrees is something we may have to wait for the report to find out.

Julian