> However, its fifth trip was irregular from the moment it took off because, although the plane weighed 145 kilograms below the maximum load limit, as we have m

> However, its fifth trip was irregular from the moment it took off because, although the plane weighed 145 kilograms below the maximum load limit, as we have mentioned before, it was carrying too many passengers: Although only ten tickets had been sold, 17 adults and six children were on board 145 kg below maximum seems very low for the number of passengers on-board? Especially for a short pleasure flight where you wouldn't have much luggage/cargo nor I'd expect the plane to be carrying full tanks of fuel either. According to Wikipedia DC-3 carries 21-32 passengers (depending on configuration).