MH370 was a Boeing 777-200ER (Extended range), registration 9M-MRO, also designated 777-2H6ER, where H6 is just the code for Malaysia Airlines. It was configured for 282 passengers, 35 in business, and 247 in economy. Only 227 passengers were on board, leaving 55 empty seats.
Four passengers (initially reported as five) did not check in for the flight, Malaysia Airlines' most recent statement on this:
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html
Other reports are somewhat confusing:
http://news.malaysia.msn.com/tmi/four-passengers-not-onboard-mh370-replaced-by-standby-passengers
Perhaps in "making it simple", he oversimplified, and created more confusion. Why were there standby passengers if there were 55 empty seats? Were they simply upgrade standby passengers who would have boarded anyway? (This seems fairly likely, as one of the passengers who claimed to have missed the flight is CEO Kaiden Dawson, and CEO's generally go business class)
Or was there some other reason why 55 seats were empty, such as for weight reasons?
There has been some speculation that there was a heavy cargo that limited to the number of passengers. Anyone heard of anything like that?
Four passengers (initially reported as five) did not check in for the flight, Malaysia Airlines' most recent statement on this:
http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/dark-site.html
http://news.malaysia.msn.com/tmi/four-passengers-not-onboard-mh370-replaced-by-standby-passengers
Or was there some other reason why 55 seats were empty, such as for weight reasons?
There has been some speculation that there was a heavy cargo that limited to the number of passengers. Anyone heard of anything like that?
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