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Originally Posted by JEP  True indeed, we know that accidents are almost always a chain of events. Not to oversimplify it, but had the flight been scrapped becuase of the extra weight, there would not have been 4 deaths.
It only takes one step to break the chain and that did not happen here. If they left within weight/cg an accident MAY have still occurred, but this exact incident would not have happened. |
I could list a dozen reasons to cancel a flight. If the pilot had decided to cancel for any reason, there would not have been 4 deaths.
You're right that this *exact* incident would not have happened if they'd left within weight limits, but the same could be said for if they had been flying 500 feet higher or 20 knots faster.