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Diverted. >> but we are told there was no added fuel to this plane, but you say the 20% still applies. >> there's still a reserve. you won't load the plane on that and say make it to beijing or else. you give it an extra 20% in case you have to divert. now you're talking 3,000 miles worth of fuel. guess what? if i take this line and turn left, i fly here, i'm just saying, i don't want know that this happened, but it's a possibility. if this comes up here, we fly over the mountains and end up here, that's 3,000 miles. that's right to the end of what the fuel would have been on the reserve. but ...