Originally Posted by
WillFlyForCheese
“In 2017, a commercial airliner lined up for takeoff at San Francisco International Airport on runway 01 Left, the main departure route.
The pilot accidentally punched 10 Left — a much longer SFO runway — into the cockpit computer, causing the plane to incorrectly calculate the appropriate thrust and wing flap settings.
The pilot’s simple reversing of the number caused the plane to nearly run out of runway, lifting off with only 400 feet left of asphalt, according to a Federal Aviation Administration report obtained by The Chronicle through the Freedom of Information Act.”
More here:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/...mpression=true
"A typical commercial airliner is traveling at 184 mph at liftoff,"
All I needed to read. Pretty hard to find a well written aviation story.