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JAL operated unscheduled flight for Sumo wrestlers (www.flyertalk.com)
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Employees got the weight of each Sumo wrestler from the Nihon Sumo Kyokai website and discovered that both JL659 and JL2465 on the 12th would be off weight and balance. [...]

JAL operation contacted other departments and in the early hours of the 12th, JAL decided to operate an additional unscheduled flight on HND-ASJ just for sumo wrestlers.

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[–] KKSakura@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

damn how much weight was there to warrant an additional flight? I guess they also had to take into account placement of each passenger to avoid balance issues