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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Fear of Landing

That morning, the first officer was first to arrive in the cockpit, while Saurya Airlines personnel loaded the cargo. 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.

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Hand on Thrust, Brain on Autopilot

Fear of Landing

On the 28th of June 2024 a Boeing 777-236, registered in the UK as G-VIIT, rejected a take-off after reaching V 1 during the take-off roll on 26L at London Gatwick Airport. In order to understand what happened that day, we need to understand V-speeds: relative speeds which need to be calculated for every flight.