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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

He checked the captain’s primary flight control which showed normal acceleration. The captain slowed the aircraft from 104 knots and exited the runway onto a taxiway. First officer : Fff– They exited the runway to the taxiway and the captain shut down the left engine. He called out that he had no airspeed.

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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Fear of Landing

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. Air Traffic Control noticed the same thing, calling the crew to ask whether they needed their taxi to be delayed.

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Unintended Tail Dragger: Prolonged Tail Strike at Milan

Fear of Landing

The CCTV surveillance footage captured the aircraft attempting to take off from runway 35L. The nose is high in the air with the Boeing’s tail scraping along the runway as a grey plume of smoke forms. com They then made an emergency landing at Milan on runway 35R. Screenshot courtesy of Flightradar24.com

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

Fear of Landing

. […] 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.