Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Weight And Balance; Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue
Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Procedure; Company Policy; Human Factors
We were over fueled by 9000 pounds and did not catch the error. The fueler was having problems with fueling the aircraft and informed us over the ICS he had over fueled the aircraft by 9;000 pounds. I interpreted the number to be 900 pounds instead of 9;000; thinking it was a translation error. We sent the actual fuel on board 38.6 via ACARS which was 9.0 Thousand pounds over the plan fuel of 29.6 and the error was undetected. At takeoff I did notice the aircraft was a little nose heavy other than that the performance was relatively unaffected. After reaching cruise altitude (FL280) I did a fuel check and discovered the error. I reported to dispatch via ACARS we had been over fueled and what the actual fuel on board was. The remainder the flight was uneventful. After we landed I called dispatch and discussed the situation and was told they never received our actual fuel on board we had sent (38.6). Instead they were showing fuel of (28.6) at takeoff. This was confirmed by the load closeout which also showed fuel weight of 28.9.I'm not sure why the system did not accept the actual fuel on board we sent and then send back an alert that we had sent in a fuel load that was over what was planned. I have had it do that before.
[Report narrative contained no additional information.]
B757-200 flight crew and Dispatcher reported the aircraft was over fueled by 9000 lbs. The Captain thought the Fueler said 900 lbs; but discovered the true amount while in cruise.