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Old 23rd Mar 2009, 20:20
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Smilin_Ed
 
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Tail strike due to fact that Vr was calculated 33 knots less than the required 163 kts.
It seems to me that someone should have noticed a 30 knot difference. After all, that's 20 percent of the correct number. Had they never flown that type of aircraft before that day?
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