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Old 22nd Nov 2018, 12:33
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Sunwing Airlines 737-800 take-off at Belfast

The crew entered the wrong temperature into the FMC before departure resulting in too low a thrust setting. When they noticed that the aircraft was 'not accelerating normally' they continued and did nothing. The aircraft was so low that it struck a runway light situated 29 metres beyond the take-off run. Surely most of us would immediately have applied full power. I know acceleration can be difficult to judge - but - but what do readers think?

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...e-blun-453814/
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