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Originally Posted by mossguy
Normy says 9800', Joeaksa says 12,000'. Why the difference? I'm curious. Or are we talking about different runways?
Tom
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Different runways.
A lot depends on the weight of the aircraft during takeoff. If the airplane is really heavy many times the captain has no choice on which runway to use and uses the longest that there is.
Evidently the weight was not too bad or the winds really favored this runway so they used it over the longer runway.
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Vermeiren said the pilot told rescue authorities he heard a loud noise while trying to take off, after which he tried to land the plane.
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I would not read a lot into this statement as its probably coming from someone who is not a pilot. Once the airplane hits V1 (takeoff decision speed) every pilot is trained to continue the takeoff if there is a problem and if needed bring the airplane back around for a landing again. Once you reach this speed you are going flying and unless something major happens AND you have miles of runway ahead of you, its safer to keep the airplane in the air and bring it back around.
Like Normy says, lets wait a week-10 days and see what really happened and not start guessing.
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