The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its preliminary report regarding the take-off of an Airbus A340-500 flown by Emirates that nearly turned into a disaster.
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/inv ... Prelim.pdf http://xrl.us/bescyd
The pilots used a laptop to develop the flight plan which involved a reduced-power take-off. The performance calculation used to determine the power settings required on the engines were based on an incorrect value. The weight of the aircraft was entered as 262 tonnes instead of 362 tonnes. Neither the pilot nor the co-pilot caught the error during cross checks,
More info can be found here:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/go/risks/25/67/1
Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
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Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
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One of the 3 still flying, in his name he was the first...
It starts with one before it becomes a shower.....
Next flights:
27-01 AMS-MNL
31-01 MNL-AMS
One of the 3 still flying, in his name he was the first...
It starts with one before it becomes a shower.....
Next flights:
27-01 AMS-MNL
31-01 MNL-AMS
Re: Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
Everybody seems to forget the CBB tailstrike in autumn last year.
Similar situation, same result. A/c damaged beyond repair.
Similar situation, same result. A/c damaged beyond repair.
Re: Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
They don't have to use 2 different laptops to compute the T/O perfo's ?
Re: Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
Accry wrote:They don't have to use 2 different laptops to compute the T/O perfo's ?
they (CBB) do now
Re: Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
CBB was using 2 independants calculation's before the accident as well...
Re: Emirates Tail Strike at Melbourne 20 Mar 2009
Could be. But seen that only 1 person used both computers to input data, so no double check.Accry wrote:CBB was using 2 independants calculation's before the accident as well...