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Old 24th Aug 2008, 12:20
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777fly
 
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With a takeoff distance of 4446m available, a 10% overweight aircraft using reduced takeoff thrust in a 10 kt tailwind, in a temperature 4 degrees above reported, would STILL get airborne safely, if both engines keep running. The aircraft obviously could not fly once airborne, for the reason I have already proposed, and it was only the extremely long runway that enabled it to touch down again on a paved surface.
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