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Japan Airlines | JAL Mileage Bank - JAL operated unscheduled flight for Sumo wrestlers - Oct.. 13, 14, and 15 Sumo tournament is being held at Amani Oshimqa. Amani Oshima is an island located about the midpoint between Kagoshima in Kyushu and Okinawa, The travel agent working with the tournament official had made a

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·
    1 year 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