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Qantas 737 “tailstrike” was caused by iPad data entry fail
On August 1 last year, a Boeing 737-838 (VH-VZR) operated by Qantas performed a "tailstrike" while taking off from Sydney airport. Today, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has concluded that the strike was caused by the co-pilot fat-fingering the plane's takeoff weight: instead of typing the plane's actual weight of 76,400kg into the iPad, he accidentally typed 66,400kg. As a result, the plane didn't have quite enough thrust to clear the runway without… (arstechnica.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Lol who cares...the computer could be on fire sparking out and filling the cockpit with smoke and thoes awesome qantas pilots will still fly it and land it "no worries mate" is what they would say as they touchdown at YPPH.. Qantas is still the safest airline IN THE WORLD without a single fatality and there one of the longest running Aussie Aussie Aussie Oy Oy Oy
I guess the co-pilot has been fired?
Good grief!!! That's over twenty-two thousand pounds!!! I was in the shipping business and that's over half the weight of a 40 foot container we put on ships. Bells should have been ringing in someone's ears. That's why we have PIC and First Officers. Common sense MUST still be in use in the cockpit.
There is another possible reason of the incident. Error in loading the aircraft. Erroneous weight distribution on board.
At what point does maximize thrust for takeoff no longer apply? Is that a jet thing or save money company guideline?
On my type we have no reduced TO thrust charts. We calculate the takeoff thrust which gives us TO distance and performance. So anything less is uncalculated. So we use max. We can reduce after TO for noise if desired, but TO always max. Different for different aircraft. Our engines are derated so much that we can use max climb, max cruise without any danger of over-taxing these engines. Save fuel at lower power settings, of course. Which gives better range, thereby sometimes avoiding a fuel stop which is an even bigger savings. Fly slower, get there earlier!
I had no idea the flight data was calculated using tablets like the iPad. I thought pilots just did this on the fly in their head