From Kuala Lompur- I agree, that could be six instead of eight hours- but as I point out, they had already flown two hours the other direction they needed to backtrack (and add onto the fuel they would have needed). That is an additional four hours in the air. Planes don't like to carry too much fuel- it takes more fuel to carry the excess weight of it. If they had about seven hours worth for the trip to Beijing (enough to get there plus some extra in case they had to fly longer), they would still be three hours short on the trip to Diego Garcia.
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