...from the NY Times:
An editorial on Monday about the new jumbo Airbus misstated the weight of the airplane. Its takeoff weight, fully loaded with passengers, freight and fuel, is hundreds of thousands of pounds heavier than the Boeing 747, depending on the configurations, not 30,000 tons heavier. It's an aircraft, not an aircraft carrier.
30,000 tons heavier? That's 60,000,000 pounds! Now, I don't expect every word in the NY Times to be accurate (Lord knows it's not), but stating that one plane is 60 million pounds heavier than another is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off. Is anybody editing this stuff?
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