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How Lufthansa’s Boeing 747s became too heavy to fly [audio]

ByAeroTime Team
November 6, 2020, 18:01 (UTC +3)
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This story looks at how Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) wanted to retire its six Jumbo Jets, but was unable to get them off the ground. 

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