Monday, July 13, 2009
Typing error
Once the plane was in the air, the crew realised the take-off weight programmed into the plane's computer was 100 tonnes lighter than the actual weight of the plane. The typing error meant the wrong take-off speed and thrust settings had been calculated. One of those Rotten estimates.
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Try to get a cup of coffee in the air on a commuting diagram and then we'll talk:
All this flying is basically done by computers nowadays. If the pilot enters garbage (like, wrong takeoff weight), things go haywire.
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