Out of runway

[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.

[JSpahn]

Interesting story, scary flght

[Wii]

You can almost feel the stress of the pilots there. Awesome shot and story.

[a1]

Quite scary takeoff for a 777.

[firemonte007]

great shot...now that shows power 8-)

[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!"

[Purplehaze515]

Inspired by the crash of the 737 crash out of Ronald Regan maybe?

[gilly_is_alive]

Nope havnt heard of that one but Ive just finished studying icing in groundschool!

[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.

[flyboy 28]

Meanwhile, as the main gear is ripped off...

[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!

[DonAlfonsoRoKil]

Oh damn, that IS fast!!!!  :D I love it!

[vololiberista]

What was that famous pilot quote?
"We're going down Larry!"

The 5 survivors will never forget!!!
Vololiberista

[gilly_is_alive]

I just read up about that crash online, I didnt realise my story was so similar, very sad indeed