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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. They took 122,702 litres of Jet-Fuel A-1 at Malpensa.

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Tail V Speed Knot Runway

Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

On the 3rd of March 2023, a passenger in a private jet died after severe injuries in the cabin, which were originally reported as caused by severe turbulence. The captain slowed the aircraft from 104 knots and exited the runway onto a taxiway. As it happened, he still remembered the speeds from that aborted take off.

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Turbulence V Speed Rudder Air Traffic Control

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

Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

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