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Air carrier dispatcher reported the station boarded an additional 9 passengers without accounting for them in the final weights.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1724072 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202002 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher |
| Qualification | Dispatch Dispatcher |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance |
Narrative:
[Station] put 9 passengers from a diverted flight on to this flight. The passengers were not accounted for in the final weights. Was told that the supervisor told the gate agent to 'just put the passengers on the flight and we will figure it out later.' the carelessness resulted in a 1800 lbs (+1.35%) increase to the TOGW (takeoff gross weight) that was not accounted for on the final weights.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Dispatcher reported the station boarded an additional 9 passengers without accounting for them in the final weights.
Narrative: [Station] put 9 passengers from a diverted flight on to this flight. The passengers were not accounted for in the final weights. Was told that the supervisor told the gate agent to 'just put the passengers on the flight and we will figure it out later.' The carelessness resulted in a 1800 lbs (+1.35%) increase to the TOGW (Takeoff Gross Weight) that was not accounted for on the final weights.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.