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Old 27th Aug 2009, 20:45
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CFMFan
 
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Slight deviation guys but if you have a same side (presumably there would be a yaw as well as a bang) double tyre failure in a 737 at just over 80 knots (approx 50 knots below V1) on a 2,500 Metre runway what would be your decision?

(a) Contine trying to drag the aircraft into the air because you do not have your normal wheel braking.

(b) Assume the aircraft is unsafe to fly as you are not confident of accelerating to V1 before running out of runway.

As you would not be more than 500 Metres into the take off roll in still air I would favour (b). There are an increasing number of people in my company insisting we only stop for fire/ eng failure/ or predictive windshear (and don't like thinking about the variable unsafe to fly area).
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