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In another attempt to merge this thread with the "What are you drinking' thread...
Earlier this week, above the North Atlantic, British Airways 787-800 and a Singleton Single Malt.

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You may not avoid that engine by favoring Airbus.

"CFM56: Powering the Airbus A320 family and the Boeing 737"


and...

LEAP-1A/-1B: Powering the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737 MAX



Bruce
 
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People have died because of what has happened in the OP.

Stop with the so called "humor".....it ain't funny or appropriate.

For those who have responded....I removed your postings , not 'cause of any rule violations....
But they no longer were relevant , since I removed the offending post.
Andy
 
People have died because of what has happened in the OP.

Stop with the so called "humor".....it ain't funny or appropriate.

For those who have responded....I removed your postings , not 'cause of any rule violations....
But they no longer were relevant , since I removed the offending post.
Andy
I would have enjoyed replying, Andy. But you made the right call. And I 100% agree with you.

Thank you for taking out the trash.
 
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From all the video I am now seeing, NO FLAPS and SLATS on take off, they had just enough air speed to actually lift off, BUT not enough lift to actually fly! Speed is King, and in the absence of enough speed, you need to generate more lift, which it looks like never happened here! My question is; how did the two pilots never lower the flaps to Take Off settings before starting the take off roll?
 
From all the video I am now seeing, NO FLAPS and SLATS on take off, they had just enough air speed to actually lift off, BUT not enough lift to actually fly! Speed is King, and in the absence of enough speed, you need to generate more lift, which it looks like never happened here! My question is; how did the two pilots never lower the flaps to Take Off settings before starting the take off roll?
Agree I don't see any flaps at all. Contrast with this normal 787 takeoff that shows flaps and steeper takeoff.

Flaps are down from the start on this normal takeoff. Surely the pilots would have some indication that flaps were not down/or flaps failure?

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/a_KtHnEHQX8?si=Vw6JupoIs83zHdw1

Edit. This guy always does good videos and he said there would be warnings for the flaps. Some discussion of the ram air turbine also.
View: https://youtu.be/2zi0HHGA4Ak?si=Ov0AFm_BORzx60BC
 
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From all the video I am now seeing, NO FLAPS and SLATS on take off, they had just enough air speed to actually lift off, BUT not enough lift to actually fly! Speed is King, and in the absence of enough speed, you need to generate more lift, which it looks like never happened here! My question is; how did the two pilots never lower the flaps to Take Off settings before starting the take off roll?
Agree I don't see any flaps at all. Contrast with this normal 787 takeoff that shows flaps and steeper takeoff.

Flaps are down from the start on this normal takeoff. Surely the pilots would have some indication that flaps were not down/or flaps failure?

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/a_KtHnEHQX8?si=Vw6JupoIs83zHdw1

Edit. This guy always does good videos and he said there would be warnings for the flaps. Some discussion of the ram air turbine also.
View: https://youtu.be/2zi0HHGA4Ak?si=Ov0AFm_BORzx60BC
Quite possible the crew mistakenly retracted the flaps instead of the gear after lifting off.
 
No, the entire take off roll from brakes release to crash was entirely with the flaps in the full up ( Cruise) setting! Pilot Error most likely!
Yeah that last video isn't very clear but the flaps do appear to be fully retracted throughout the takeoff roll. This is why we have checklists and not get complacent in using them.

The flight data recorder will reveal what happened or didn't happen.
 
No, the entire take off roll from brakes release to crash was entirely with the flaps in the full up ( Cruise) setting! Pilot Error most likely!
One YTer pointed out that the aircraft took so long to take off, it appeared to use the full length of the runway, then kicked up the dirt at the end of the runway.

I've also heard that the 787 has automatic checklists for takeoff configuration and won't let a pilot attempt to takeoff if the configuration is incorrect.
 
This 787 pilot says this takeoff should have been flaps 15 and gear should have been up. He says if you were heavy and lost one engine you would still pull gear up (he did in simulator). Questions why they used short length of runway instead of full runway. He said he's seen it before where they input wrong takeoff data and barely get airborne.

View: https://youtu.be/BD90fBK8Za4?si=H5jG9pqAHRoAqG2e
 

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