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Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:20 amby gilly_is_alive
Overloaded and on too short a runway in too poor conditions, the lackadaisical captain mis-judged the amount of glaze icing that had accumulated on the wing surface between the de-icing stand and the runway.
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:21 amby JSpahn
Interesting story, scary flght
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:29 amby Wii
You can almost feel the stress of the pilots there. Awesome shot and story.
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:33 amby a1
Quite scary takeoff for a 777.
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:00 pmby firemonte007
great shot...now that shows power 8-)
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 1:04 pmby Soames
Cor! I can feel my chest tightening as I look at this, especially at the undercarriage as it just about tiptoes into the air.
The same phrase keeps going over in my mind, "C'mon baby, C'mon!"
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:01 pmby Purplehaze515
Inspired by the crash of the 737 crash out of Ronald Regan maybe?
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:31 pmby gilly_is_alive
Nope havnt heard of that one but Ive just finished studying icing in groundschool!
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:31 pmby gilly_is_alive
Just remembered, one of the examples of de-icing crashes we used as examples in class was the challenger 604 which took off with ice from birmingham international in 2002 without de-icing. All on board are were killed.
Re: Out of runway
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Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:26 pmby flyboy 28
Meanwhile, as the main gear is ripped off...
Re: Out of runway
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Sun Nov 11, 2007 2:07 amby ThomasKaira
I am reminded of that Air Florida flight that crashed into the Potomac due to improper de-icing, but with a happy ending this time.
Heavy bird, heavy takeoff, pilot who will need a bat to translate him for a few days, all in there!
Good luck!
Re: Out of runway
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Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:43 amby DonAlfonsoRoKil
Oh damn, that IS fast!!!! :D
I love it!
Re: Out of runway
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Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:35 pmby vololiberista
What was that famous pilot quote?
"We're going down Larry!"
The 5 survivors will never forget!!!
Vololiberista
Re: Out of runway
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:39 amby gilly_is_alive
I just read up about that crash online, I didnt realise my story was so similar, very sad indeed