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Old 8th Sep 2011, 20:46
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The description of the plane failing to gain enough speed, running out of runway, and then striking a navigation antenna as it tried to lift off, seems reminiscent of the Melbourne tail-strike incident in 2009 involving an Emirates A340. As I recall, that even later was attributed to a typing error by the flight crew when entering the plane's estimated weight (and calculating takeoff speeds and thrust required).

Is the Yak-42 suspectible to a similar error?
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