There is no need to build longer runways, although airports have had to spend heavily to make space for the plane's wingspan at departure and arrival gates which must also be modified to allow upper-deck passengers on and off.

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Passengers slept on deck or in other public areas and used buckets, bags, showers and sinks to relieve themselves of waste, the suit said.

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Most passengers languish on deck as the Tucker T cuts through the sheltered sea of the Bay, keeping their eyes peeled for the dolphins and penguins that occasionally surface alongside like bobbing corks.

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