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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Fear of Landing

JULY 25, 2025

The first officer would use the aircraft weight, along with the environmental conditions and the runway parameters, to determine the V-speeds for the flight and enter them into the flight management system. At that point, the flight crew were contacted to say that they needed to delay their departure, as more personnel were expected.

Ferry Flight

Ferry Flight V Speed Knot Runway

Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

. […] There are many checks and balances which should catch a slip like this, as the wrong weight has serious consequences: not just that the airspeed is too high or low for rotation, but that all of the V-speeds are off, which affects go/no-go decisions. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight.

Tail

Tail V Speed Knot Runway

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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

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